An inhaler that costs nearly $300 in the US goes for just $9 in Germany. What gives?
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But this comes with legal and health risks. Here’s what you need to know before importing medicine for yourself or your immediate family.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
Struggling with watery, itchy red eyes and a runny, congested nose? Here are your options for hay fever treatment.
From rat poison to explosives, many of the drugs we use have interesting origin stories.
The price you pay at the pharmacy for your long-term medicines may effectively halve. But not all medicines or patients qualify.
Not enough data is being collected about the impact taking prescription medication has on breastfeeding.
The proposed plans will likely benefit patients – but only if more is done to ensure pharmacists can provide these additional services.
Children aged under six years shouldn’t have cough syrup. It’s not only ineffective, it can be harmful.
Children with persistent or severe asthma symptoms need medicines to reduce airway inflammation. But a change last week means these medicines are harder to access.
If you think your medicine may be contributing to overheating, it’s very important you keep taking your medicine. Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist or doctor.
Drinking alcohol with some medicine means they may not work so well. With others, you risk a life-threatening overdose.
About half the population of people taking regular medicines don’t take them as prescribed. Here are some tips to help you remember.
Sometimes, it’s best to take your medicine sitting up. Other times, lying down is safer. Here’s what we know so far.
Each of these five drugs have brought some incredible benefits. But they’ve usually also come with a legacy of complications.
Changes in the latest federal budget will mostly affect people who need multiple medicines throughout the year, perhaps for chronic disease. But there are other ways to reduce drug costs.
Thinking carefully about people’s health during and after disaster is crucial to building disaster resilience. Ensuring access to medicines is a core part of that goal.
These new antivirals are another way of managing COVID-19. But they’re not a panacea, and could even makes things worse.
Here’s how to make the learning process fun and safe.
The language used to describe medications is confusing, with multiple names for the same drug. A change to prescribing rules from today should go a long way to addressing this issue.
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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HERA Program Director - Health Workforce Optimisation Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Honorary Adjunct Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Brett Montgomery est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Senior lecturer, University of South Australia
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Ric Day est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Murdoch University
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Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Law, St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor Politics and Policy Studies, Deakin University
