Medicines and Therapies

A pharmacist has been left scratching his head over a health store at Auckland International Airport being allowed to sell pharmacy-only medicines

While some in New Zealand struggle to afford prescription medicines, $40 million of unused pharmaceuticals are dumped in landfills each year. Is there a better way to deal with both the waste and the want? 

An Otago University postgraduate pharmacy student has shown Māori and Pasifika peoples are at greater risk of harm when taking dabigatran

Several popular brands of cough medication may become prescription-only or pharmacist-only if a Medicines Classification Committee recommendation comes into force

Pharmacists need to improve their practices around supplying sildenafil to ensure it isn’t changed back to a prescription-only medicine

The Medicines Classification Committee has recommended melatonin prolonged release 2mg be reclassified from a prescription medicine to a medicine that can be dispensed by specialty-trained pharmacists 

Pharmacists are being invited to take part in a Medsafe survey aiming to understand how they report adverse drug reactions

A pharmacy owner in Christchurch feels not enough is being done to prevent pharmacies from breaching advertising guidelines for selling medicines

A meta-analysis of polypill trials for cardiovascular disease prevention has Auckland professor of general practice Bruce Arroll sold on the idea 

Two-thirds of Kiwi drivers are none the wiser that they’re driving vehicles under the influence of possibly impairing medications