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Presentations: Codeine up-scheduling workshops, Melbourne, 28 November 2017
16 January 2018
The TGA held a series of workshops on the up-scheduling of codeine in November 2017. Below are the presentations from the Melbourne workshop.
For further information about changes to medicines containing codeine, see the Codeine information hub.
Sessions
- Delivering pain management in a rural setting
- Over the counter, down the hatch: OTC codeine use
- Pain - rethinking our approach to pain and the role of opioid therapy
- Alternative options to codeine in the pharmacy
- Additional communication and education activities to support the transition of codeine from over-the-counter to prescription only
- Changes to codeine product access
- Panel question and answer session
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The Australian Government Department of Health (of which the TGA is a part) advises that (a) the presentation papers should not be relied upon in any way as representing a comprehensive description of regulatory requirements, and (b) cannot guarantee, and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for, the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information contained in the presentation paper.