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Medicines Safety Update - Information for health professionals

The TGA has published a final decision to reduce the maximum size of packs for various paracetamol products.

More applications for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) clearances can now be assessed under the TGA’s MRA pathway.

Health professionals should check if patients undergoing general anaesthesia have used products containing pholcodine in the previous 12 months.

Following a safety investigation into pholcodine the TGA are cancelling 55 products (from the ARTG) and recalling them from pharmacy shelves due to an increased risk of anaphylactic reactions.

Before you take a weight loss supplement or medicine, there are things to consider.

Make small changes to how you think about paracetamol.

The Pharmacovigilance Inspection Program (PVIP) Risk Assessment Survey is now open until 18 December 2022 for medicine sponsors to complete.

Consumers are advised to be cautious about ivermectin products that are sold by unverified online stores.

Even if you're familiar with your pet's medicine, the advice is clear: if a product is labelled 'for animal use only', do not take it.

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How to find information about the inactive ingredients in your medicines.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TGA is implementing Serious Shortage Medicine Substitution Notices

Interim statement concerning the use of GS1 Australia's Recall Health platform

Community pharmacists to enforce new limits on dispensing and sales of prescription and over-the-counter medicines

Information for consumers

Counterfeit medicines pose a health risk, but our tips can help you spot them.

Be informed and aware, but don’t be afraid.

A warning to consumers about undergoing procedures using unapproved medical devices

Tim's story explains the risks of buying SARMs online.

Australian launch of a new product called Nyxoid nasal spray for opioid overdoses

For some people, vitamins are an important part of their health.  Learn how the TGA regulates vitamins.

Make a request under section 9D of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

In this issue: Action after registry data analysis; Environmental extremes; Button battery dangers; Infant sleep positioners reviewed

Pharmacy software vendor links to TGA adverse event reporting web service