medicines shortages
Protect patient access: wholesalers
Wholesalers are calling for a broad consultation into double dispensing and its impacts, saying that they are ready to work with both government and pharmacy National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) …
60-day dispensing unlikely to impact supply: Sansom
Warnings of medicines shortages stemming from the introduction of double dispensing are unlikely to come to pass Australia’s medicines supply chain should be capable of meeting the change in demand …
In shortage: the impact on pharmacy
Researchers examine the effects of COVID-19-related stock shortages on community pharmacy practice… and warn 60-day dispensing could mean shortages to come This is the fifth in a series of articles …
Medicines hoarding likely to grow under double dispensing
They already see huge amounts of wasted medicines – and these consultant pharmacists say double dispensing will only make the problem worse Veteran clinical pharmacist Debbie Rigby has told the …
Patients wary of double dispensing: Guild
Warnings that 60-day dispensing could exacerbate medicines shortages and increase the risk of overdose are causing concerns for some patients Convenience is being heralded as a benefit of the proposed …
‘It really breaks down the fundamental tenet of the PBS’
It’s as though a third disaster is about to hit pharmacy, says one sector leader: bushfires, Covid-19 and now 60-day dispensing Australians are already facing dire shortages of several key …
Double dispensing puts health system at risk
Australia’s health system will come under increased pressure if 60-day dispensing is introduced, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) warns Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is being urged to scrap plans to …
Double dispensing will fuel medication shortages
Common medications will be hard to find from July, if the federal government goes ahead with draft Budget measures to implement 60-day dispensing Pharmacists will be forced to tell patients they …
Hydrocortisone supply to resume soon
The TGA says it is working with Alphapharm to address the shortage of all hydrocortisone tablet strengths The Therapeutic Goods Administration has advised that it is aware of the shortage …
Warfarin product now substitutable due to scarcity
Coumadin 5mg tablets is the subject of a new Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument In early March, the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued an advisory that several warfarin products were in shortage, …
Guard your professional identity, warns group
One pharmacy stakeholder is worried that some prescribers’ identities have been stolen to make an Ozempic scam look more convincing And pharmacists concerned the same could have happened to them …
Warfarin products go into shortage
The TGA is urging pharmacists and consumers not to stockpile Coumadin or Marevan, as part of a shortage warning The TGA has announced that several warfarin products are in shortage …