Table 1 – Types of vertigo (non-exhaustive list)[/caption]
Vomiting
In older people, dizziness significantly increases the risk of falls.7 Implementing appropriate interventions to address modifiable risk factors such as dizziness is of paramount importance. In cases of drug-induced dizziness, deprescribing can be considered if the medicine can be safely reduced, discontinued or substituted to prevent inappropriate prescribing cascades of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM), especially in the context of older people.29What’s the deal with off-label use of Mounjaro?
With supply shortages of other diabetes therapies persisting, off-label prescribing of Mounjaro for weight loss has become more common.
Meet Depinder Chhibber, MasterChef’s pharmacist contestant
While Depinder Chhibber MPS explores her passion for cooking on the current season of MasterChef, she remains a pharmacist at heart.
Supporting patients through opioid analgesic discontinuations
The timelines and alternative options for thousands of patients living with pain when oral morphine and oxycodone are discontinued this year.
Is it still safe to use azithromycin?
The TGA has issued a warning after receiving reports possibly associating azithromycin with cardiovascular death in several patients.
New migraine treatment approved
The TGA has approved a new preventative treatment for migraine, with a new medicine that targets the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor.
Patients experiencing migraine will...
New normal for SABA supply has begun
The Schedule 3 entry for salbutamol was updated on 1 October 2023, coinciding with a new treatment guideline around asthma relievers.
