Preventing Adverse Effects of Medication

Follow the links below to find information about strategies designed to prevent adverse effects from the incorrect use of medicines.

Reviewed December 2011

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Title:   The prescribing cascade
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   A prescribing cascade occurs when a new medicine is prescribed to 'treat' an adverse reaction to another drug in the mistaken belief that a new medical condition requiring treatment has developed.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Deprescribing
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Medicines have adverse effects and the use of multiple medicines, polypharmacy, can be associated with poorer outcomes.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Drugs and poisons - regulations
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Drugs and poisons are defined by law. The use, manufacture, prescription and availability of substances defined as drugs and poisons are covered by Victorian law. The law makes sure that drugs and poisons used in Victoria for medical, household, industrial and agricultural purposes are carefully controlled.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Medicines and side effects
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Medicines can cause unwanted side effects. All kinds of medicines, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbal preparations, vitamins, and natural or herbal medicines can have side-effects. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription, over-the-counter and complementary medicines.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Birth defects - drugs and medications
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Taking drugs while pregnant can be cause birth defects. Drugs such as alcohol, some illegal drugs like cocaine, and some prescription and over-the-counter medications including isotretinoin, vitamin A and some antibiotics are known to cause birth defects if taken during pregnancy. Drugs that can cause birth defects are called 'teratogens'.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Medicines - safety issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Medicines can have side effects which can cause health problems. Some of the causes include taking medicines incorrectly, combining them with alcohol and using medicines prescribed for someone else. Make sure your doctor and other health professionals know about every medicine you take, including vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements. Protect children by storing medicines securely and out of their reach.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   HRT in the early menopause: scientific evidence and common perceptions
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) remains the first-line and most effective treatment for menopausal symptoms.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Information strategy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The program will provide national leadership and coordination in national improvements to the evidence base for safety and quality, via the development, analysis, use and reporting of information that monitors and equips actions to enhance the safety and quality of health care. The program of work is set out in the Information Strategy. There are four streams of work, designed to achieve key aims for the Commission specified by Ministers and to support information developments required by other priority programs.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Australian categorisation system for prescribing medicines in pregnancy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian categorisation system and database for prescribing medicines in pregnancy have been developed by medical and scientific experts based on available evidence of risks associated with taking particular medicines while pregnant
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Medications for children
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   An explanation of the medications most commonly given to or prescribed for children, with safety advice and questions to ask doctors and pharmacists.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Managing long term medication
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains suggestions for managing your long term medication.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Medicines safety update no. 4; 2010
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   In this issue: Varenicline (Champix): an update / Australian experience with non-adjuvant H1N1 vaccine (Panvax and Panvax Junior).
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Release of the Report of the Psychiatric Drug Safety Expert Advisory Panel
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   In August 2008 the TGA established an independent panel of psychiatrists and epidemiologists to undertake a specific review of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and atypical antipsychotic medicines.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Managing medications
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   For those with a serious illness, managing medicines is an important task. Medications come in many forms. They can be prescribed by a doctor or bought over the counter.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   MediList
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   The MediList form helps veterans to manage their medications
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Driving and medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Medicines can affect driving skills. Many medicines for mental health problems, especially sleeping tablets and tranquillisers, can make people feel drowsy. Medicines may also affect vision and co-ordination.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   The dilemma of polypharmacy
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Prescribing and managing multiple medications appropriately and effectively is important to optimise function and to avoid adverse health outcomes, especially in older patients.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Manage your medicines
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   A fact sheet on how medication can cause falls, and how to prevent them.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Prevent falls by learning about your medicines
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   Some groups of medicines can contribute to falls.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Complementary and alternative medicines
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   Complementary and alternative medicines are generally safer and less potent than prescription medicines, but they still need to be used with care. Like other medicines, they can cause side effects in some people, and they may interact with other medicines.
Date:   Sep 2007

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