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Codeine meds upscheduled THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has recommended that all over-the-counter medicines containing codeine be rescheduled to become S4 (prescription only). The Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling is now seeking submissions on the interim decision, which can be made up until 15 Oct. The controversial decision (online at www.tga.gov.au) cited issues including “morbidity, toxicity and dependence,” with high risks of medication misadventure and deliberate misuse/abuse - along with the “relative lack of efficacy compared to safer products”. An implementation date of 01 Jun 2016 has been proposed for the change, to allow time for education of consumers, pharmacists and medical practitioners regarding pain management and alternative analgesia available. The Pharmacy Guild has expressed concern at the proposal which would affect “many well known cough and cold relief products”. While acknowledging that codeine dependence is a real and growing concern, the Guild believes the proposed re-scheduling is likely to create further problems, including making the medicines more difficult and expensive to obtain for the “large majority of
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New EMA chief
THE management board of the people who use these products European Medicines Agency has safely and effectively”. nominated Professor Guido Rasi as Doctor workloads will increase its new Executive Director, which along with Medicare and PBS costs, will see him return to the role he the Guild warned, suggesting that was forced to relinquish in late a national real-time recording and 2014 after claims of a “procedural reporting system to identify at-risk error” in his selection process some consumers is a better solution. years earlier. The Australian Self-Medication Industry said it was extremely disappointed at the interim For the prevention and stretch mark therapy gel decision, with “no evidence of treatment of stretch marks misuse of codeine-containing Enjoy your maternity. cough/cold products.” ASMI ceo DeonStretch Schoombie said free mark the move also “disregards the task. skin is our expertise of pharmacists and their Stratamark – the novel important role intopical the frontline of for medical device primary care”. the prevention and treatment of stretch marks.
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