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Chemists ready to help as codeine changes come into force

From tomorrow Cobar residents, like all other Australian residents, will no longer be able to buy medication containing codeine from chemists without a prescription. The Australian Government has made changes to the law regarding the sale of medicines containing codeine. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) unanimously agreed to the changes […]

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2016

Panadol petition

Local pharmacist Russell Smith has joined The Pharmacy Guild of Australia in petitioning the government to put Panadol Osteo back on the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme). Mr Smith, resident pharmacist at the Cobar Pharmacy, said the government’s decision to de-list the over the counter osteoarthritis medication from the PBS as […]