Addiction

The New Zealand Drug Foundation is asking the Medicines Classification Committee to improve access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversal medication naloxone

Almost 50 New Zealanders die of accidental opioid overdoses each year, some of them from prescription medications, a new report from the NZ Drug Foundation reveals

Naloxone can help prevent deaths from opioid overdoses and the NZ Drug Foundation says it should be readily available in pharmacy

Anna Lee talks to new Pharmacy Council chair Arthur Bauld about his remarkable journey

Anna Lee talks to new Pharmacy Council chair Arthur Bauld about his remarkable journey

Canterbury community pharmacies have begun using a shared electronic platform to better serve their patients on opioid substitution therapy and save time for clinicians

Canterbury community pharmacies have begun using a shared electronic platform to better serve their opioid substitution therapy patients and save time and energy for clinicians

Far from the guidance and support of pharmacists and other health professionals, small groups of athletes and gym-goers are importing illicit and potentially dangerous substances in the hope of getting big, looking lean and improving sporting performance

Christchurch pharmacist Simon James Blue, who misappropriated nearly 7000 Ritalin tablets, has been censured and ordered to pay more than $8000 after he worked without an Annual Practising Certificate

University of Auckland researchers are seeking feedback on the practice of diluting oral methadone solutions from pharmacists providing opioid substitution treatment