Medsafe

Medsafe is aware of a US warning that the antibiotic azithromycin can be harmful to blood and lymph node cancer patients who have undergone stem cell transplants

Pharmacy-only and prescription medications including insulin are being sold illegally on Facebook in New Zealand, possibly in ignorance of the law.

A warfarin patient's INR level spiking to dangerous levels is a wake-up call for patients taking turmeric products, and their pharmacists

Medsafe has identified the results of a recent study linking the painkiller ibuprofen to male infertility as a safety concern

Medsafe has identified the results of a recent study linking the painkiller ibuprofen to male infertility as a safety concern

Medsafe is reminding New Zealanders of the dangers of purchasing medicines online from overseas, following a global week of action led by Interpol.

There is still no update on a Medsafe investigation into possible pharmacy links to illegal medicines sales.

No change has been made to the classification of codeine, but the Medicines Classification Committee (MCC) has posed some questions to the sector that it must answer if some codeine products are to remain pharmacist-only.