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Making Australia more medicinewise, through digital health and data insights, health professional education and reliable health information for consumers.

Managing GORD with PPIs in primary care 

Neuropathic pain

Reducing antibiotic resistance

Latest

Patient-centred, pragmatic prescribing for low back pain 

Medicinewise News October 2018

CV risk in patients with type 2 diabetes and CVD

Live webinar | 18 October

New Clinical e-Audit online

Review your PPI prescribing for GORD

Non-traumatic shoulder pain in general practice

Medicinewise News July 2018

Stepping the appropriate path with PPIs

Medicinewise News June 2018

PrEP on the PBS

An opportunity in HIV prevention

Fish oil for rheumatoid arthritis

What's the evidence? 

Ankle & knee program evaluation

GP survey results

For Consumers

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10 things you need to know about low back pain

One in every four Australians is experiencing low back pain right now. Many people believe that if they are in pain they need a scan (an X-ray, CT or CAT scan or MRI scan), but actually this isn’t true. Read on to learn why scans are often unnecessary, and how staying active can help you recover faster.

6 min read

Medicines for pain relief: what are the options? 

There are lots of different kinds of pain, and lots of different medicines for the relief of pain. This is an overview to help you understand which might be the most effective and suitable pain relief medicine for you.

6 min read

Chronic pain explained

If you have chronic pain, you are not alone. One in five Australians, including children and adolescents, lives with chronic pain, but this number rises to one in three for those over the age of 65. Chronic pain is usually defined as constant daily pain that is present for at least 3 of the preceding 6 months. Chronic pain can have many causes but it can also have no diagnosable cause. The following information concerns chronic pain that is not the result of cancer. 

8 min read

MedicineWise app: manage medicines on your smartphone

Keep track of medicines and access important health info any time and anywhere, especially in emergencies.

6 min read

Understanding drug interactions

Sometimes one medicine can mix badly with another in your body, and this can change how strongly the medicines work or whether they have side effects. This is called an interaction, and it can also happen when medicines mix with certain foods or drinks (including alcohol). Find out what you can do to avoid interactions.

7 min read

Managing osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis treatment can help you manage pain, prevent or delay complications, prevent disease progression and improve or maintain your function and quality of life. Keep reading to learn more about this condition and make informed decisions about what to do, and how to do it.

5 min read

Antibiotics, explained

Antibiotics are medicines used to treat a wide variety of infections or diseases caused by bacteria, such as respiratory tract infections (eg, pneumonia and whooping cough), urinary tract infections, skin infections and infected wounds. Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were first introduced in the 1940s and 1950s. However, because they have been overused, many antibiotics are no longer effective against the bacteria they once killed. 

6 min read

Managing rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is not curable. However, early treatment is effective in managing symptoms and slowing down disease progression. Read on to find out more about diagnosis, treatment and what you can do to manage this condition.

4 min read

Managing reflux and heartburn

Around one in five Australians regularly have reflux or heartburn. If symptoms are frequent or severe, this is known as GORD. Changing your diet and other lifestyle factors can help. Medicines can be helpful too, although they aren’t always a long-term fix. 

Publications

Australian PresriberView All

An independent peer-reviewed journal providing critical commentary on drugs and therapeutics.

Medicine shortages in Australia – what are we doing about them?

  • Steve Morris
  • 2 Oct 2018
  • 4 min read

Second steps in managing type 2 diabetes

  • Carolyn J Petersons
  • 2 Oct 2018
  • 7 min read

Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

  • Chamara Basnayake
  • 2 Oct 2018
  • 7 min read

RadarView All

Timely, independent, evidence-based information on new drugs and medical tests, and changes to the PBS and MBS.

Tenofovir with emtricitabine for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 

  • 17 Jul 2018
  • 10 min read

Insulin glargine 300 IU/mL solution (Toujeo) for diabetes mellitus

  • 15 Jun 2018
  • 7 min read

Requesting the new Cervical Screening Test: what providers need to know

  • 1 Dec 2017
  • 8 min read