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Anxiety is common but there are effective treatments. Find out how to get better sooner.
From 1 February 2021, it became mandatory to include active ingredient names on PBS and RPBS prescriptions. Find out what this means for you and your medicines.
NPS MedicineWise will cease all operations on 31 December 2022. This follows the recent decision by the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler, to continue with the redesign of ...
Ibuprofen & paracetamol are two of the most commonly used over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to treat pain & fever in children. Find out which one to give & when.
Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise talks to Dr Jess Tidemann about the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and how GPs can access unapproved therapeutic goods.
Statins are medicines that work to lower the level of LDL cholesterol in your blood. Find out more about how they work.
Your kidneys do many important jobs to keep you healthy. But most people with chronic kidney disease do not notice any symptoms, especially in the early stages. A Kidney Health Check can help you and ...
Evidence shows that a multidisciplinary approach to supporting patients with heart failure improves outcomes. Join our panel comprising a GP, heart failure nurse practitioner, accredited pharmacist ...
A panel of experts discussed the challenges faced in the diagnosis and management of IBD, sharing their perspective on optimising diagnosis, treatment initiation and ongoing monitoring.
MedicineWise app Dose TrackerThe Dose Tracker feature allows you to manage complex medicine schedules and can help you when you are stepping up or stepping down your medicine doses. We also introduced ...
The up-titration of heart failure medicines to target or maximum tolerated doses for people with HFrEFcan be challenging to put into practice. Find practical guidance for GPs.
Biologics play an important role in therapy for many people. Biosimilars are highly similar versions of biologics. Therapeutic outcomes and adverse effects for biologics and biosimilars are the same.