TGA criticised over lack of safety warnings Questions have been raised over the way Australia’s therapeutic regulator is informing doctors and patients about potentially dangerous drugs.
Old doc, new data: Ezetimibe Dr Casey Parker weighs up the pros and cons of new data on a medication for high cholesterol.
Medication side effects and errors hospitalise 250,000 a year A quarter of a million Australians are hospitalised each year after mixing medications or experiencing drug side effects, a new report has found.
Thousands identified by new prescription monitoring system SafeScript has helped detect more than 3300 Victorian doctor-shoppers in its first two months.
We must tackle stigma around treating opioid-dependent patients: Rural GP A GP has called for doctors in the bush to overcome the common stigma associated with treating people with opioid dependency.
How cutting back on mood-altering medication may have given one patient his life back Dr Hester Wilson, GP and Chair of the RACGP’s Specific Interests Addiction Medicine network, reflects on the challenges of helping a patient get off his long-term medications.
Reducing diagnostic error Doctors always remember a diagnostic triumph – such as quickly diagnosing a life-threatening or rare condition – but they also remember and often ruminate about diagnostic failures.
Medication questions for assisted dying While Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying bill successfully passed the state’s Lower House last week, it still faces a number of challenges before becoming law – not least when it comes to the practical matter of medication.