Please take care when prescribing, dispensing and administering midazolam ampoules. There are two strengths (5mg/mL and 1mg/mL) and two presentations (glass and plastic) available.
Plastic or glass?
Please…
We appreciate that dealing with requests from parents and caregivers for ‘sedatives’ can be challenging. However, please remember that sedating antihistamines such as promethazine (Phenergan) elixir…
The long-term use of nitrofurantoin, which may be used for the prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections, has been associated with the potentially fatal1 ‘nitrofurantoin lung’. Please…
The Health Quality and Safety Commission have recently launched a patient safety campaign, ‘Open for better care’. This focuses on four key areas where it is…
Please be vigilant with these medicines. PHARMAC has recently widened access to azithromycin so it is likely there will be an increase in the number of…
The Immune Advisory Centre has recently issued a ‘Decision making guide for general practice’ and a ‘Factsheet for parents and caregivers’ about meningococcal disease. Visitwww.immune.org.nz for more…
There has been an increase in the number of cases of whooping cough in the Auckland region. The Tdap booster vaccine is recommended for people living…
The Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC) have recently sent out guidelines1 for the safe use of methotrexate for Primary Care. This guidance includes the following key…
