Patient Safety

From today, Countdown stores nationwide are limiting the sale of paracetamol and items containing paracetamol to one pack per customer, following a recent report by coroner David Robinson which recommended a limit be introduced to help reduce the risk of overdose

The death by overdose of a Dunedin student has sparked calls to bring paracetamol into line with UK standards and restrict it to pharmacy-only sales. 

A student’s fatal overdose on paracetamol has prompted a coroner to call for limits on sales of the non-prescription painkiller – a move that has saved lives overseas

Pharmacy sector leaders and a major medicines manufacturer have collaborated to create a new guidance document to help pharmacists follow correct procedures when supplying sildenafil without a prescription

The Pharmaceutical Society says a recently published coroner's report into the death of a man taking clozapine highlights the need for pharmacists to provide a wraparound service for patients taking the drug

Artemisia annua extract, a key ingredient in the controversial dietary supplement Arthrem, was classified as a prescription medicine last month

The group representing natural products manufacturers has slammed the recent reclassification of artemisia annua extract to a prescription only medicine

Artemisia annua extract, a key ingredient used in the controversial dietary supplement Arthrem, has been classified as a prescription medicine effective today.

The reclassification of codeine-containing medicines will go ahead this year after the final objection to the change was determined to be invalid

The reclassification of codeine-containing medicines will go ahead this year after the final objection to the change was determined to be invalid.