off-label prescribing
When is a script not a script?
A pharmacist spotted several significant errors in an off-label script for ketamine, which the prescriber then tried to claim was not really a script at all The Health Care Complaints …
Ivermectin control tightened
The TGA has imposed new restrictions on the prescribing of oral ivermectin, concerned about its off-label use in COVID-19 The Therapeutic Goods Administration made the move following advice from the …
‘Extreme caution’ warranted as patients demand Ivermectin
A person with COVID-19 has overdosed on Ivermectin, as stakeholders report a spike in scripts for the treatment – and patients who won’t discuss why they want it On Wednesday …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news The Role of the Pharmacist in the Care of Patients with Chronic Pain Pharmacists across the healthcare continuum are well positioned …
Docs should resist hydroxychloroquine temptation, say experts
Doctors shouldn’t prescribe hydroxychloroquine for family and friends to treat COVID-19, write a group of authors including prominent pharmacists In Australian Prescriber the authors, who include Associate Professor Ian Coombes, …