Medicines and Therapies

Urgent restructuring of medicines management services is needed to address profound inequity in access to prescription medicines for Māori patients

University of Otago researchers are testing vitamin C as a treatment for sepsis in Christchurch ICU patients

The future is now for genomic medicine, says early adopter GP William Ferguson, as he calls on other doctors to educate themselves

A Rodney man charged with planting prescription pills in two McDonald’s sundaes has had his first court appearance

A 22-year-old man has been charged after prescription pills were found inside McDonald’s sundaes

Dunedin pharmacists are hitting back at claims they are charging prostate cancer patients too much for sildenafil

More people could be cured of hepatitis C with better support for general practice and greater cohesion in the health system, says gastroenterologist Alex Lampen-Smith

Pharmacists are being asked to have their say on proposed changes to how Pharmac presents medicine information to make it easier to find and use.

A recommendation that codeine-based painkillers be removed from pharmacy shelves has pharmacists, industry bodies and academics questioning the extent of opioid addiction in New Zealand

The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is welcoming a Pharmac decision to grant access to a preventive treatment for people at high risk of contracting HIV