Prescribing

Specialist GP Graham Gulbransen would like to see standard prescription medicines substituted with medicinal cannabis, with growing evidence showing benefits for a range of health conditions 

Hutt Valley pharmacist prescriber Kerry Muller has won the Clinical Advisory Pharmacists Association’s inaugural Dr John Dunlop Award, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

A proposal to reduce restrictions on pharmacists dispensing the gout medication allopurinol has pushed through one more barrier

The most surprising aspect of the Ministry of Health’s expansion of drugs for pharmacist prescribers is that it took nine years to happen, says a leader in the field

Two Helius products herald the arrival of the long-promised New Zealand-made cannabidiol products. Steve Hart talks to a Waikato pharmacist who is pleased to see prices falling as a result

Two Helius products herald the arrival of the long-promised New Zealand-made cannabidiol products. Steve Hart talks to a Waikato pharmacist who is pleased to see prices falling as a result

A simple ‘nudge’ letter to GPs pointing out their antibiotic prescribing was “out of whack” with their local peers led to a sizable drop in overprescribing, a study published today finds 

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to highlight the high number of incorrect prescriptions being sent through the New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS), and to finally get something done about the problem

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to highlight the high number of incorrect prescriptions being sent through the New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS), and to finally get something done about the problem.

Pharmac's First ethnicity criteria for a Special Authority drug have led to a “fantastic” Māori uptake of new diabetes medications, says National Hauora Coalition clinical director and GP Rawiri McKree Jansen.