Hot water bottles and medication-induced gastritis: My battle with endometriosis
According to Endometriosis Australia, one in seven women, girls and those assigned female at birth will experience endometriosis. I, along with many other doctors, am…
According to Endometriosis Australia, one in seven women, girls and those assigned female at birth will experience endometriosis. I, along with many other doctors, am…
The TGA has green-lit a new endometriosis medication for the first time in 13 years, expanding the indication of a combination pill used to treat…
Most adults with acute low back pain can expect “substantial improvements” within six weeks of symptom onset, Australian researchers report. But many patients, particularly those…
Tapentadol is the only PBS-listed opioid to see a significant growth in prescriptions over recent years, amid an overall decline for all other subsidised opioid…
Taking 13 times the prescribed daily dose of pregabalin before abruptly stopping treatment ended badly for a middle-aged man who was hospitalised with delirium, report…
Methotrexate is a safe and effective low-cost treatment for adults with symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and synovitis, Australian rheumatologists report in a landmark study. Their trial…
Treating shoulder pain with corticosteroid injections and lavage for calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy “appears to be useless”, a Norwegian research team reports. They say their…
Most pharmacological treatments for hand osteoarthritis are no better than placebo, according to Danish rheumatologists who say only oral NSAIDs and glucocorticoids have been shown…
The TGA has secured three alternative oral liquid morphine products to compensate for the dwindling supply of Ordine, which is expected to run dry by…
Most patients started on opioids use them short term, with minimal evidence of prolonged use over five years, according to an Australian-first study. The analysis…
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