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Compounding Oral LiquidsMarch 11, 2026
This bulletin provides practical guidance for pharmacists preparing extemporaneous oral liquids, focusing on alternative pharmaceutical options, stability, common excipients, and useful resources.
Te Whata Kura, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national antibiotic guidelineDecember 18, 2025
Te Whata Kura, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national antibiotic guideline, officially launched on 18 December 2025 to provide consistent, equitable, and safe antibiotic advice across the country. Te Whata Kura replaces various hospital guidelines and is accessible as a web app for mobile and browser use.
Use of “click counting” for dosing of Wegovy® (semaglutide)November 19, 2025
Using a higher strength pen and “click counting” enables patients to save money on Wegovy® (semaglutide), i.e. to have additional doses from one pen. Hence this has become relatively common practice. This is ‘unapproved use’ of the product. We are not aware of problems being demonstrated from this practice. The manufacturer recommends against “click counting” […]
Update on oral anticoagulationNovember 4, 2025
See the recently published article in Australian Prescriber written by two of our local clinical pharmacologists on the use of oral anticoagulation for AF or VTE – link