Near Half of Mental Illness Patients Do Not Take Medication
Taiwan4 December 2011 Nearly half of the nation's mentally ill patients do not take their prescribed treatment, according to a recent survey released on Friday ahead of yesterday's International Day of Persons with Disabilities. About 45 percent of…
Near Half of Mental Illness Patients Do Not Take Medication
News4 December 2011 Nearly half of the nation's mentally ill patients do not take their prescribed treatment, according to a recent survey released on Friday ahead of yesterday's International Day of Persons with Disabilities. About 45 percent of…
Asia Kids Show AIDS Drugs Resistance
Taiwan2 December 2011 HONG KONG -- Teenagers in Asia receiving treatment for HIV are showing early signs of osteoporosis and children as young as five are becoming resistant to AIDS drugs, an anti-AIDS group said on Thursday, urging more attention…
Asia Kids Show AIDS Drugs Resistance
News2 December 2011 HONG KONG -- Teenagers in Asia receiving treatment for HIV are showing early signs of osteoporosis and children as young as five are becoming resistant to AIDS drugs, an anti-AIDS group said on Thursday, urging more attention…
Thirty Years Later, HIV Is Still Here
Australia23 November, 2011 At the end of 2010 it was estimated that there were about 34 million people living with HIV worldwide, and although global rates of HIV infection have fallen dramatically, there were still around 2.7 million new HIV infections…
Queensland PSA Award Recipients
Australia27 November 2011 The Queensland Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's recent annual dinner was the occasion for the presentation of a number of prestigious awards including Intern of the Year and Graduate of the Year. The Gold…
PSA ACT Branch President Elected to Medicare Local
AustraliaACT Branch President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Professor Gabrielle Cooper, has been elected to the first ACT Medicare Local Board. Professor Cooper, who is Professor of Pharmacy, Associate Dean Clinical Engagement at the University…
Australian Pharmacist Newsletter – Vol.30, No. 12, December 2011
AustraliaCombination use of methotrexate and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Methotrexate is a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other systemic rheumatic disorders.…
TGA to Cancel Four Prescription Pain-killers from 1 March 2012
Australia22 November 2011 The TGA intends to cancel all pain-killers containing dextropropoxyphene - Capadex, Di-Gesic, Doloxene and Paradex - from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG), from 1 March 2012. Following a review of the available…
Revised Arrangements for the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy Medicines
AustraliaFrom 1 December 2011 a new initiative will be introduced with the aim to reduce PBS expenditure on chemotherapy medicines used in the treatment of cancer and administered through intravenous infusion or injection. This will result in changes…