Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac is considering funding two medicines as part of a new bundle agreement that would offer new treatment options for people experiencing schizophrenia and for people with one type of blood cancer
Following on from last month’s article on the diagnosis of dry eye disease, this article discusses treatment, with a focus on the appropriate therapies for evaporative dry eye and aqueous-deficient dry eye
The importance of aged residential care facilities having appropriate systems in place to ensure nursing staff administer critically important medications correctly, and for medication errors to be identified and followed up in a timely manner, was highlighted in an HDC decision published today
PEARLS #706: How effective are antiplatelet agents in addition to current best medical practice compared with current BMP (with or without placebo) for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis?
Access to the first preventive medicine for COVID-19 will be limited to a very targeted group of severely immunocompromised people via hospital specialists, says RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty
Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones looks at the range of responses GPs can give when a patient says they use complementary or alternative medicines – from disdain, through scepticism, to understanding
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management