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Zopiclone is the most frequently prescribed hypnotic medicine, and one of the highest prescribed medicines in New Zealand overall. Around 20% of patients who are dispensed zopiclone receive more than 180 tablets in a year.
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October 2018
Vildagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor available fully subsidised from 1 October, 2018.
September 2018
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer makes up around 1% of stomach cancer diagnoses, however, Māori in New Zealand are...
From 1 October, 2018, the New Zealand Formulary (NZF) will replace the current pregnancy and breast-feeding advice, which is based on...
Prescribers in New Zealand are highly reliant on cilazapril as their “go-to” ACE inhibitor, but this prescribing is out of step with...
There are many approved and fully subsidised medicines that clinicians can recommend to smokers who wish to quit.
August 2018
The recently released Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management for Primary Care consensus statement provides...
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