MEDIA RELEASE May 16 2019 AUSTRALIA’S HIDDEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION CRISIS: ScriptWise campaign shines a spotlight on the potential harm from ongoing use of sleep and anxiety medication. To coincide with Medication Dependence Prevention Month 2019, ScriptWise is urging Australians who have been prescribed......
16 May, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 7 May 2019 Community event in Harmony Square to talk preventing medication harms Community members are encouraged to come by Harmony Square in Dandenong on Tuesday 14th of May from 11.30am for a special screening ScriptWise’s short documentary on preventing medication......
07 May, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE MAY 1 2019 Download the PDF version here ScriptWise Launches Annual Medication Dependence Prevention Month Today ScriptWise, in collaboration with Amcal Pharmacy, is proud to launch this year’s Medication Dependence Prevention Month (MDPM) with a simple call to all Australians: if you......
01 May, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE May 1 2019 New innovative initiative tackles alarming increase in opioid dependence in regional communities ScriptWise has welcomed a new collaborative regional prevention initiative, Project ECHO, as part of this year’s Medication Dependence Prevention Month starting on May 1st, 2019. ......
01 May, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 24 April 2019 Real-time prescription monitoring an opportunity to prevent medication harms in Frankston Not-for-profit organisation ScriptWise is encouraging community members to attend a forum on preventing medication harms at 6pm on Tuesday May 7 at St Francis Xavier Centre. ......
24 April, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 27 March 2019 Community event to address alarming increase in prescription medication harms Not-for-profit organisation ScriptWise is encouraging the general public to attend a community discussion on preventing medication harm at Century Inn at 6:30pm on April 9 in Traralgon. ......
27 March, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 14 March 2019 Community event in Bairnsdale aims to prevent prescription medication harms Community members are invited to attend an event at the Mall Stage on Nicholson Street in Bairnsdale at 11:30am on March 29 to talk reducing medication harms with......
14 March, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 6 March 2019 ScriptWise and affected families call for national summit on current opioid crisis ScriptWise is calling on the Federal Government to recognise the severity of the current opioid crisis in Australia and host a national summit to address......
06 March, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 12 February 2019 Local community event to address rising prescription medication harms Not-for-profit organisation ScriptWise will host a community discussion on preventing problems such as medication dependence at GOTAFE on February 28th at 6pm. Local health professionals and experts......
12 February, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 11 February 2019 Local experts invite community members to discuss preventing medication harm Local health professionals will feature in a community event on February 26 at Bendigo TAFE at 3:30pm to talk avoiding problems like medication dependence. In Greater......
11 February, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 07 February 2019 Chatham Probus Club tackles tough topic with implementation of new prescription monitoring system On Wednesday Chatham Probus Club shone a light on how its members could prevent prescription medication harms, inviting national not-for-profit organisation ScriptWise to speak......
07 February, 2019No commentMEDIA RELEASE 30 November Regional residents urged to access appropriate pain management with the implementation of medication monitoring system, SafeScript Warrnambool physiotherapist Adrian Benson says there wouldn’t be a person who hadn’t been prescribed prescription opioids before attending the chronic pain rehabilitation program......
30 November, 2018No commentStatement 18 October 2018 New injury deaths report sheds light on severity of prescription medication crisis in Australia A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s report released last week, Trends in injury deaths,Australia paints a disturbing picture of pharmaceutical use across the......
18 October, 2018No commentMEDIA RELEASE 16 October 2018 “It became a dirty little secret”: 5 questions to ask your doctor about codeine With the use of opioid-based pain relief such as codeine quadrupling in the last decade, experts say it’s important to ask your GP the......
16 October, 2018No commentMedia Release 31 August 2018 PHARMACISTS CAN HELP PREVENT RISING PHARMACEUTICAL OVERDOSE RATES: PHARMACY 777 This International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), Pharmacy 777 joins ScriptWise to shine a light on the alarming increase in deaths due to prescription medications, and how......
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