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Tuesday 01 Oct 2013 PHARMACYDAILY.COM.AU

Pharmacy Daily Tuesday 1st October 2013 t 1300 799 220 wwww.pharmacydaily.com.au page 1

Di-Gesic supply warningASPEN Australia has advisedpharmacists that it is unexpectedly

out of stock of Di-Gesic

(dextroporopoxyphene HCI

32.5mg/paracetamol 325mg), and

it is not clear at this stage when

supply will resume.

Its the latest twist in the

long-running saga which has

seen Aspen strenuously (and

successfully) appeal against a TGA

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dextropropoxyphene (PD 16 Sep).However Aspen says that the fact

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Tribunal ruling in favour of keeping

dextropropoxyphene painkillers

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pharmacies.

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of Doloxene (dextropropoxyphene

napsylate 100mg).

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ruling, which require prescribers

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the products are only approved

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be adequately treated with othermild analgesics, and that they

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appropriate use of the product.

The AAT has also ordered regular

monitoring of pharmacists and

wholesalers to ensure that the

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complied with.

Aspen said it will separately

communicate details about the

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pharmacists and wholesalers as

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Pharmacists may dispense Di-

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Pharmacy Daily Tuesday 1st October 2013 t 1300 799 220 wwww.pharmacydaily.com.au page 2

CHC, PSA support rural pharmacy planThE Phcuc Scy f

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(PD yesterday) reinforces its long-

held belief that pharmacists must

be more fully integrated into the

health system as a whole.

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Kardachi, said quite simply,

pharmacists skills and knowledge

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with others - which can assist

doctors and relieve pressure

across the whole health sector,

and importantly improve health

outcomes and ease cost pressures

on the health system, he said.

Kardachi said the report

underscored the urgency of

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sustainability of the health system.

We have severe doctor shortages

in many rural and regional areas

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with the skills and knowledge to

help resolve minor ailments that

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government to facilitate the speedy

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involvement to improve access to

health services across the country.

MEANwhilE the Consumers

Health Forum also congratulated

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released, saying that it provides

fresh thinking to conquer the

chronic scarcity of doctors in

remote areas.

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go bush had failed to solve the

problem, with the report proposing

expanding the role of pharmacists

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Indian pharmacy crisisNuMEROuS pharmacies across

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under the new formula-based

pricing policy of the Drug Price

Control Order (DPCO) which was

introduced in May this year.

According to The Economic Times,

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government drug pricing reforms,

the price of around 150 drugs has

dropped by 20-25% on average,

(and in some cases by up to 80%)

with pharmacies forced to keep

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level of around 16%.

Up to 120 pharmacies in Mumbai

alone have closed since the price

enforcement, the report claims.

PAC 13 Mental HealthliviNg with mental illness will

be the focus of the Friday 11 Oct

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PAC13 this year.

While 1 in 5 Australians willexperience mental illness in any

year, almost half of all Australians

will experience mental illness in

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picture of the reality of living with

mental illness.

She will include her experiences

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for pharmacists regarding how to

support those with mental illness.

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focusing on unity in the profession,

in the delivery of services and in

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