An Auckland pharmacist and academic is concerned the planned roadside drug-testing regime may unfairly inconvenience some drivers appropriately taking prescription medicines
Pseudoephedrine became available for over-the-counter sale for the first time in 13 years on 20 May, after the ACT Party delivered on its election promise to undo the 2011 reclassification of the product as a prescription-only medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what pharmacies have experienced since then
A Motueka pharmacy may have been the first in the country to get burgled for pseudoephedrine in 13 years, less than a week after the product became available again
A Motueka pharmacy may have been the first in the country to get burgled for pseudoephedrine in 13 years, less than a week after the product became available again
The health select committee has recommended that the legislation to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves proceed to its second reading without changes
Two organisations have called for a real-time monitoring system to stop addicts or drug manufacturers shopping around for the precursor to methamphetamine
The ACT Party’s election promise to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves is one step closer to fruition after the law change passed its first reading in Parliament on 20 February
The ACT Party’s election promise to return pseudoephedrine to pharmacy shelves is one step closer to fruition after the law change passed its first reading at Parliament on 20 February
ACT Party leader David Seymour has heard from pharmacists who are worried about the ban on pseudoephedrine being lifted, but says most people are glad they could have it at their disposal again in future
A retired pharmacist says allowing the sale of pseudoephedrine products would be a “backwards step” and would lead to armed hold-ups, whereas a practising pharmacist who experienced a hold-up welcomes the return of the products, saying they were an effective tool in pharmacists’ arsenal
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