Horst Herb wrote:
Assuming the government keeps it's own web PBS listing up to date, what I can
find on
http://pbs.gov.au/html/healthpro/search/results?term=Risperdal&publication=GE
suggests that Risperidone is not subsidized for the indication you mention
No Horst - you are wrong:
from the exact page that you gave the link to:
"Behavioural disturbances characterised by psychotic symptoms and
aggression in patients with dementia where non-pharmacological methods
have been unsuccessful." - click on the third authority link on the page
And we are back to another typical Australian idiosyncrasy: disinformation,
lack of information, artificial barriers to information, inefficient and
unpredictable uinformation exchange.
Or busy GP too busy to read his own reference?
We are both professionals with comparable training and background and yet
neither of us (or at least one of us, namely me) is utterly confused about
how to legally prescribe either Risperidone or Olanzapine under PBS benefits.
Read the link
T
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