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Consultation on amended terms of listing for... (1 page, 251 KB)
2004/11/22
consultation, archive

...folic acid, amiloride, spironolactone, chlorothiazide, dexamethasone, biodone, biodone forte and biodone extra forte on the Pharmaceutical Schedule.

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Access to information changes prescribing patterns (2 pages, 37 KB)
2004/11/16
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Rapid access to information about drugs is dramatically changing prescribing patterns, says PHARMAC’s Medical Director, Dr Peter Moodie...

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Better use of asthma medicine reported by PHARMAC (2 pages, 37 KB)
2004/11/16
media, archive

New Zealanders with asthma have reduced their daily doses of a popular asthma treatment following international concern that the drugs were being overused...

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Evidence not hype should drive good prescribing (2 pages, 40 KB)
2004/11/16
media, archive

One of the United States’ largest health care organisations says that prescribing should be driven by good evidence, not marketing hype...

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More New Zealanders benefit from subsidised medicines (2 pages, 37 KB)
2004/11/16
media, archive

An additional 13,000 New Zealanders were treated with subsidised medicines last year than in the previous year, according to new figures released by PHARMAC.

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Paracetamol most prescribed – PHARMAC (1 page, 35 KB)
2004/11/16
media, archive

Paracetamol is the most prescribed medicine in New Zealand. Figures just released by PHARMAC in its Annual Review show that more than 1.1 million prescriptions were written for the pain reliever last year...

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