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NPS tools for health professionals

Practical help for health professionals in prescribing and achieving Quality Use of Medicines in practice.

Antipsychotic monitoring tool

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.

Comparative information on antipsychotic medicines

Table of common and serious adverse effects of the most frequently used antipsychotic medicines. Also lists PBS status

Resources on antipsychotics

List of useful resources on antipsychotics and mental health for consumers

Medicine brand choices resources

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.

Compounded and ‘bioidentical’ hormone therapy

Overview of the claims and evidence for complementary therapies for managing menopausal symptoms.

Products and regimens for hormone replacement therapy

List of some of the available approved prescription products (and their regimens) for menopausal symptoms

Cardiovascular risk calculator

Assess your patient’s cardiovascular risk and treatment benefit using this cardiovascular risk calculator.

Your heart and stroke risk score patient resource

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.

Patient leaflets & action plans

Communicate essential treatment messages to your patients using these patient leaflets and action plans.

Prescribing software tools

Use your prescribing software package as more than just a prescription writing package.

View all prescribing software tools

Action plan for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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. 

Indicators of quality prescribing in Australian general practice

GPs can use these indicators to gain insight into their own prescribing and identify areas for quality improvement.

NPS Medicine Name Finder

Use the NPS Medicine Name Finder to encourage your patients to know the active ingredients in their medicine. Powered by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.


Date published: 2008-02-04 00:00:00

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