‘Racism and misogyny are part of it. They simultaneously spruik pseudoscience and anti-science agendas which have come to Australia from overseas,’ said one expert.
- Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
Merck announced preliminary data suggesting the drug reduced the risk of hospitalisation and death by 50%.
Side-effects for this unproven and potentially dangerous treatment range from vomiting and diarrhoea to seizures and a coma.
The government has ordered 7,700 doses of sotrovimab. But until further evidence shows it’s effective, the guidelines say it should only be given to patients as part of a human clinical trial.
A lack of medicines manufacturing capability in Australia puts us at significant risk.
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While the results are very promising, it has only been tested in mice. Human clinical trials will take some time to complete before we know whether a drug could become available.
COVID-19 has resulted in higher than normal levels of medicine shortages. Here’s what to do if your local pharmacy is out of stock.
Further tests are needed but a trial showed that, when compared against placebo treatment, those given the drug had a 79% lower risk of developing severe disease.
Kemoterapi adalah penggunaan obat-obatan untuk mengobati kanker. Seringkali diiringi dengan pembedahan, radioterapi dan imunoterapi dalam rencana perawatan kanker.
Un essai clinique indique que la dexaméthasone, une hormone de synthèse, pourrait aider à soigner certains patients atteints de formes sévères de Covid-19. Ces résultats sont toutefois préliminaires.
Preliminary results indicate dexamethasone could help treat severely ill patients in hospital with COVID-19. But it’s early days yet.
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.
Many people are taking glucosamine for their osteoarthritis. But do they really need to stop in light of new safety warnings?
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.
Ligandrol is used to help repair and build mass and is banned for use by professional athletes because it can give a competitive advantage.
While PPS is approved in oral capsule form to treat bladder inflammation, it is not yet approved as in injection for knee and bone problems. But AFL players have been given special access.
Before travelling, plan ahead in case you need to pack medicines for sleep, diarrhoea, malaria, pain or anxiety.
Commonly recommended sleeping tablets aren’t appropriate for plane travel. Here’s why.
Supplying Viagra over the counter in Australia could reduce the dangers to men using counterfeit drugs.
A trial of methylprednisolone in kidney patients was halted recently because of safety concerns. But this doesn’t affect people taking the drug for asthma, arthritis or other inflammatory conditions.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. It is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a cancer treatment plan.
An independent expert provides his pick of the most notable drugs added to the PBS on May 1, 2017.
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