Patient Safety

Medsafe has issued a warning after a patient taking the anticoagulant dabigatran experienced vasculitis

The migraine treatment Cafergot will no longer be approved for use in New Zealand from May next year

Seventy pharmacies in the Auckland region are now working with general practice staff on reducing patient harm and improving education as part of the Safety in Practice programme

Two pharmaceutical companies have voluntarily recalled the ranitidine-containing indigestion medication Zantac after a potentially carcinogenic impurity was identified in it last month

Medsafe has issued a warning about weight-loss products found to contain two prescription medicines withdrawn over safety concerns

National regulations are needed for nail and beauty salons across the country to ensure appropriate health and safety practices are being employed, say beauty therapy experts 

More than 1000 units of Weleda baby teething and colic powder have been taken off the shelves after the discovery of a contamination hazard earlier this month

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

Forty-four Auckland pharmacies have signed up for the second phase of a programme to reduce preventable harm in primary care

The TGA is advising "extreme caution" when dispensing off-label atropine eye drops to treat hypersalivation, following the death of a Perth man who ingested a toxic quantity of the medication