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ENDOCRINE – Medicines for diabetes – Other medicines for diabetes
Activeingredients(genericnames)
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AMH 2013 section 10.1.4
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Medicines Bookfor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners and Health Workers:
The use of medicines can have a huge impact on a person’s health and quality of life.
Treatment decisions need to be easily understood.
Effective communication is vital.
Remote Primary Health Care Manuals suite• CARPA Standard Treatment Manual• Minymaku Kutju Tjukurpa—Women’s Business
Manual• Clinical Procedures Manual for Remote and
Rural Practice• Medicines Book for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health Practitioners and Health WorkersFreely available online athttp://www.remotephcmanuals.com.au/home.html Developed CARPA Inc.May 2017
Australian Medicines Handbook medicine classification
Problems or conditions that may make this medicine dangerous for the patient
Australian Medicines Handbook reference number
Other medicines, drugs or foods this medicine should not be taken with
Chapter-body system or type of condition
Things to tell the patient when giving out the medicine
Warning stickers to remind patients of special instructions for this medicine
Things that need to be checked in a person taking this medicine
TWO pages of information for each protocol
Easy to understand pictures the practitioner can use to engage patients
Common and significant side effects
Where and how the medicine works in the body
Main reason for usingWhere medicine can be found in RPHCM suite
Active ingredients of medicineHow the medicine may be given
a communication tool
Medicines Book features: easily understood plain English clearly illustrated standardised layout
