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Pregnant women need better asthma management

Despite worsening of asthma symptoms during pregnancy, many women do not take regular preventative asthma medicines, facilitating the need for improved asthma management, experts warn.

8 weeks ago0

Expert warns against paracetamol use in children with asthma

Children with a family history of asthma should avoid using paracetamol (acetaminophen), a leading paediatric pulmonologist believes.

12 weeks ago0

Key role for pharmacists in asthma identified
Community pharmacists have been earmarked to play a fundamental role in identifying patients with poorly controlled asthma who may not...
17 weeks ago0
Updated asthma meds chart released
Pharmacists and other health professionals now have access to an updated version of the popular National Asthma Council asthma medications...
39 weeks ago0
PPI use for asthma questioned
Use of proton pump inhibitors in adults with asthma is unlikely to have clinical significance, a study reveals.
42 weeks ago0
Australian infant allergy rates higher than expected
Food allergy is on the increase among Australian infants, new research reveals, with one in 10 one-year-olds possibly affected.
43 weeks ago0

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Rising co-payments lead to falling scripts

Rising patient co-payments have led to a concerning fall in scripts dispensed for some of the most important and widely used PBS-listed drugs, a new study has revealed.

2 years ago0

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Debate: Should the Government subsidise opioid maintenance dispensing fees?

The majority of opioid addicts are financially disadvantaged. Should we further marginalise them by continuing to have them pay for the dispensing of opioid maintenance treatment? Or would financing addicts' treatment be 'unfair' to those suffering illness not of their own making?

2 years ago 0

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