E-drug: Banning metamisole in Moldova (7)
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Dear Natalia
The Australian Therapeutics Guidelines: Analgesic, would be a
good reference for you. It is produced by a non-profit independent
group called Therapeutic Guidelines Inc. It covers the range of
analgesics used in Australia and describes their different roles.
There is a great chapter called Getting to Know Your Drugs.
We don't use injectable analgesics except in hospital-type settings
and we have never used dipyrone/metamizole and have managed
quite well. As mentioned by Leo Offerhaus, naproxen and similar
NSAIDs are found useful in Australia
To access the Analgesic Guidelines you can contact "Mary
Hemming" <mhemming@tg.com.au>
Best wishes
Beverley
Beverley Snell
International Health Unit
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health
P O Box 254 Fairfield Vic Australia 3078
Telephone 613 9282 2115 / 9282 2275
Fax 613 9482 3123
Time zone: 11 hours ahead of GMT.
email <bev@burnet.edu.au>
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