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Concern about the increasing frequency of codeine misuse and abuse resulted in the Medicines Classification Committee recommending that all medicines containing codeine be reclassified as prescription medicines. This came into force on 5 November 2020. Clinical advisory pharmacists Linda Bryant and John Dunlop discuss reasons for this decision and provide tips for pharmacists to help patients with the transition
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This article has been endorsed by the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand and remains suitable for inclusion in a pharmacist’s continuing education records for continuing professional development purposes until 17/08/2022.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
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