In Australia, Ozempic is only approved to treat diabetes but doctors are prescribing it ‘off label’ for weight loss. Compounding pharmacies have also been making their own versions to meet demand.
- Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
The price you pay at the pharmacy for your long-term medicines may effectively halve. But not all medicines or patients qualify.
Another use for your smartphone, this time to present to the pharmacists rather than a paper prescription.
Preliminary results from a US trial show remdesivir may help in treating COVID-19. But the findings haven’t been peer-reviewed, and the results from other clinical trials have shown little effect.
Pharmacies are essential services and will remain open, but some people will still have problems accessing medicines. Here’s what you can do.
During bushfire season, managing medication as well as respiratory conditions should be part of any emergency plan.
For most medicines, it doesn’t matter when you take them. But others work best at particular times.
Contamination with the chemical NDMA means long-term use of ranitidine may increase a person’s risk of cancer later in life.
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