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Download and print (2 pages) and add this the patient's notes, or enter data onto the pdf file and save it in your patient's electronic file. Lists recommended monitoring intervals and what you need to check for in patients taking antipsychotic medicines long term.
Table of common and serious adverse effects of the most frequently used antipsychotic medicines. Also lists PBS status
List of useful resources on antipsychotics and mental health for consumers
Community pharmacists can use these resources to help consumers make more confident decisions about their medicine brand choices and have more informed conversations with the pharmacist.
Overview of the claims and evidence for complementary therapies for managing menopausal symptoms.
List of some of the available approved prescription products (and their regimens) for menopausal symptoms
Assess your patient’s cardiovascular risk and treatment benefit using this cardiovascular risk calculator.
Download a Your heart and stroke risk score summary sheet to use with your patients or order a Your heart and stroke risk score 50-sheet summary pad. This resource explains absolute cardiovascular risk to patients and includes a space for you to record their risk score.
Communicate essential treatment messages to your patients using these patient leaflets and action plans.
Use your prescribing software package as more than just a prescription writing package.
View all prescribing software tools
Use the action plan developed by the Australian Lung Foundation for patients diagnosed with COPD. Link to the action plan on the Australian Lung Foundation website.
GPs can use these indicators to gain insight into their own prescribing and identify areas for quality improvement.
Date published: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
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