Pharmacists warned on homeopathic products

NEWS: Pharmacists are being warned not to supply homeopathic or "alternative" medicines if they lack medical evidence showing they are effective treatments.

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Australia's peak body representing pharmacists is urging members to stop selling homeopathic products and "alternative" medicines to patients if there isn't any medical evidence to show they can treat or prevent illnesses.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia made the call in a set of six new guidelines it released as part of a wider campaign by the independent group NPS Medicine Wise to encourage clinicians and patients to discuss tests, treatments and procedures that don't provide any benefits.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News .


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Published 13 December 2018 10:31am
By AAP-SBS
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
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