NSW Labor has backed a plan by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia , which proposes allowing pharmacists to issue people aged 16-65 with a three-day course of the antibiotic drug Trimethoprim to treat urinary tract infection.
Labor health spokesman Walt Secord described the plan as "common sense" and said similar measures were already in place in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and in some Canadian provinces. RACGP President Dr Harry Nespolon argued the plan, if implemented, would displace the role of professional medical advice and could lead to the over prescription of antibiotics and incorrect diagnoses.
LisaVisentin we need to distribute contraceptives to the ignorant immigrants who get here and have 10 kids on our dime
MSMWatchdog2013 LisaVisentin nswvoted for this shit government
LisaVisentin Antibiotics should stay in the realm of GP’s as they need control to fight the good fight against increasingly resistant bugs. But the contraceptive pill? Give me a break, we are not living in 1965.