Preventing overdoses with over-the-counter medicines

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Editorial

Elizabeth E Roughead et al. Med J Aust. 2023.

. 2023 May 15;218(9):399-400.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51927. Epub 2023 Apr 11.

No abstract available

Keywords: Drug overdose; Health policy; Legislation, medical; Pharmacist.

Comment on

Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines: reported poisonings of children before and after the 2012 and 2020 labelling changes in Australia.
Arbaeen A, Wheate NJ, Brown JA, Cairns R. Arbaeen A, et al. Med J Aust. 2023 May 15;218(9):410-411. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51865. Epub 2023 Feb 21. Med J Aust. 2023. PMID: 36810714 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The impact on poisonings of up-scheduling of modified release paracetamol to Schedule 3 (pharmacist only medicine).
Cairns R, Noghrehchi F, Buckley NA. Cairns R, et al. Med J Aust. 2023 May 15;218(9):412-414. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51888. Epub 2023 Mar 20. Med J Aust. 2023. PMID: 36941110 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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