Medicinal cannabinoids: current regulations for prescribing

Recent amendments have been made to regulations concerning the...

Travel consultation essentials: for departures and arrivals

Travel consultation essentials: for departures and arrivals

Travel consultations involve assessing the risks that may occur...

Taking responsibility for test results: A discussion

The management of test results, in particular the issue of who...

The elite athlete-patient: a fresh clinical challenge

Associate Professor David Gerrard is a sports physician at the...

Upfront: Unapproved medicines and unapproved uses of medicines: keeping prescribers and patients safe

An approved medicine is a medicine which has been through a...

New service model for community pharmacy

PHARMAC announces changes to dispensing frequency rules in line...

Update on oxycodone: what can primary care do about the problem?

The volume of oxycodone prescribed in New Zealand is continuing...

News in brief: Dabigatran; Antibiotics and COC; Prescription kitchen

Dabigatran to be listed | Most broad spectrum antibiotics do...

Contraception in early adolescence

Young people are having sex. Advice about sexual health and...

News in brief

Changes to nicotine replacement therapy prescriptions | Topical...

Practice snippets

Dextropropoxyphene-containing medicines to be withdrawn | Sibutramine...

Termination Law In New Zealand

The Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 and the...

Snippets: Nicotinic acid Fosamax Plus & Genetic testing

Nicotinic acid/laropiprant (Tredaptive) ▪ Fosamax Plus...

Immunisation update

Recent changes to the immunisation schedule include a new pneumococcal...

Video interviews: Generics

We interviewed experts, regulators and clinicians about generic...

Removal of isotretinoin prescriber restrictions

From 1 March 2009 PHARMAC will widen access to vocationally...

Upfront: New hope for genetic disorders: pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) represents the latest...

Widened access to fentanyl patches

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid which is available as a transdermal...

Snippets: Varenicline & Smoking

Varenicline and suicidal behaviour. Wider access to quit cards.The...

Specialist prescribing restrictions removed for some topical eye treatments

Advice on the primary care role for initiating and monitoring...

Lumiracoxib linked to deaths in Australia

Medsafe have just announced that approval for lumiracoxib (Prexige)...

Upfront: Direct to Consumer Advertising

Direct to Consumer Advertising In New Zealand.Is the end in...