Medicines safety
General information about the safety of medicines and how it is monitored. This includes various kinds of reviews of specific medicines guidelines and monitoring by the TGA.
Latest alerts
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Extra safety information is being added to all montelukast products to highlight the existing warnings about serious behaviour and mood-related changes.
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Gold Max Blue capsules pose a serious risk to your health and should not be taken.
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Dynamint X tablets pose a serious risk to your health and should not be taken.
Latest articles
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Don’t risk using tanning products containing melanotan
Australians who use tanning products containing ‘melanotan’ are at risk of serious health problems. -
Product Information safety updates - January 2025
Information for health professionals about medicines with safety related updates to their Product Information. -
More prominent safety warnings about the neuropsychiatric effects of montelukast
Additional safety information is being added to all montelukast products to strengthen and highlight existing warnings about serious neuropsychiatric events.
Latest publications
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This web publication constitutes a notice for the purposes of regulations 42ZCZS and 42ZCZX of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 (the Regulations).
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Advisory Committee on Medicines meeting statement
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Advisory Committee on Medicines meeting statement