Patient Safety

Pharmacists sell more than 70 per cent of all natural health products in New Zealand, with the category being the biggest and fastest growing in pharmacy. Paulette Crowley catches up with latest product and marketing trends

Pharmacists sell more than 70 per cent of all natural health products in New Zealand, with the category being the biggest and fastest growing in pharmacy. Paulette Crowley catches up with latest product and marketing trends

Tim Jones likes to be on the right side of history, even though he might have started out on the dark side

WITH MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR, multi-level marketing corporates propelling the global rise of essential oils over the past 15 years, concerns have been widespread over their misuse.

An 89-year-old woman who was prescribed Paxlovid despite having a contraindication for the COVID-19 antiviral collapsed four days later and was taken to hospital

Medsafe has issued a warning that myocarditis and pericarditis may be possible side effects of the new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid 

Medsafe will soon require all medicines containing opioids to display a warning that they are addictive and can cause overdoses

Researchers have sounded the alarm over fish-oil supplements after discovering a higher mortality rate in animal studies due to high rates of oxidisation, Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The Drug Foundation is calling on the Government to urgently make it easier for New Zealanders to freely access a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication, so that the country is prepared in the face of a future fentanyl crisis

The Pharmaceutical Society has clarified its call for pharmacists to be authorised to order lab tests