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GPs able to initiate FP 50 prescriptions again

GPs able to initiate FP 50 prescriptions again

The revised listing follows a concerted advocacy campaign and was confirmed on the same day as a number of other PBS changes.


What alternatives are there to FP 50?

What alternatives are there to FP 50?

With the common asthma medication not expected to return to the PBS until July, GPs may need to give patients other options.


FP 50 decision reversed

FP 50 decision reversed

GPs will once again be able to initiate PBS prescriptions for a commonly used paediatric asthma medication, following a strong advocacy campaign.


PBAC to review FP 50 decision

PBAC to review FP 50 decision

Controls placed on GPs initiating PBS prescriptions of the commonly used paediatric asthma medicine will be revisited at the next intracycle meeting.


FP 50 restriction sparks prescribing authority debate

FP 50 restriction sparks prescribing authority debate

GPs have questioned why some medications can only be prescribed by certain specialties, calling differential access to the PBS ‘utterly illogical’.


RACGP joins fight against asthma med change

RACGP joins fight against asthma med change

The college has written to the PBAC Chair about potential grave consequences for families due to new restrictions on fluticasone propionate 50 mcg.


GPs concerned over ‘disruptive’ fluticasone PBS restrictions

GPs concerned over ‘disruptive’ fluticasone PBS restrictions

Patients aged six and under will now have to be seen by a paediatrician or respiratory physician to access a PBS script for the asthma medication.


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