Watch the March clinical update from Jo Scott-Jones joined by Dave Maplesden, Pinnacle GP liaison in this 35 minute video. (Written version below.)
Clinical snippets are now available as a podcast too! Search on your favourite podcast platform for The New Zealand General Practice Podcast to listen, or click here to listen on Anchor.
Medsafe have recently published a Prescriber Update following reports of a fatal PE in a young woman taking a COC. Points include...
From the end of last year the very high potency statin rosuvastatin has been funded using SA for selected patient groups:
LDL-C level eligibility for rosuvastatin funding
A recent NZ Doctor article included the following points regarding ovarian cancer.
Key points in a recent Medsafe Prescriber Update following a death associated with co-prescribing of methotrexate and trimethoprim include...
EpiPen® auto-injectors have been available through the FundaPen2 initiative from Wednesday 9 February 2022. However, Allergy New Zealand has hit supply issues with 300mg adult EpiPens® due to global COVID freight delays.
To ensure as many people as possible benefit from FundaPen2, it is important to keep prescribing under the FundaPen2 protocols. Patients will receive their free EpiPen® as soon as the stock is available, April 2022 at the earliest.
A reminder of the process: