pain management
Opioid deaths nearly double
More hospitalisations are caused by side effects of intended use of licit opioids, than from illicit use or misuse Harms highlighted in a new report underline the pressing need for …
Guild defends real time monitoring
Pain groups have questioned the upcoming implementation of the national real time prescription monitoring system, saying it puts the “cart before the horse” But the Pharmacy Guild’s Anthony Tassone has …
Batten down the hatches
The Guild defends its Chronic Pain MedsCheck Trial after further criticism, this time from a leading Australian pain specialist body The Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New …
Maxigesic ads found misleading
AFT Pharmaceuticals has engaged in false and misleading conduct in its Maxigesic advertising, the Federal Court has found The Court found that AFT, the manufacturer of the pain relief brand …
PHI changes could reignite opioid crisis
Pharmacists are warned they may see more pain sufferers heading back to prescription opioids and excluded from private care The Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand has expressed concerns …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Anticonvulsants in the treatment of low back pain and lumbar radicular pain A systematic review and meta-analysis has demonstrated …
Agenda setters: Joyce McSwan
In the first of a new series, AJP chats with Joyce McSwan, who was voted by readers as pharmacy’s biggest Agenda Setter The Agenda Setters campaign asked AJP readers to …
Pain MedsCheck cutoff looming
Pharmacies only have until Monday to express interest in participating in the Chronic Pain MedsCheck Trial The Guild has issued a reminder to its members to register by Midnight AEST …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Pain and Addiction Patients with pain and addiction often have multiple psychological, psychiatric, and medical comorbidities with associated polypharmacy, …
Codeine buyers still buying codeine
Four-fifths of people who have visited a doctor to get a codeine prescription have not been offered an alternative, new data shows A survey commissioned by AFT Pharmaceuticals looked at …
The future of opioid use
Tailoring quantities of opioids provided in hospitals as appropriate to patient’s individual needs is a crucial step in harm reduction, says SHPA Representatives from across the health system, and leading …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Risks and benefits of direct oral anticoagulants versus warfarin In this large prospective cohort study apixaban was found to …