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Diabetes Medicines

November 2024

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Type 2 diabetes: reducing the impact of cardiovascular and renal disease

Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia, increasing at a faster rate than other chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer. It is important to regularly assess the absolute cardiovascular risk and risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for all your patients with T2DM.

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Medicines and the Kidneys

August 2024

By stopping and thinking ‘kidney function’ each time you prescribe medicine for someone you suspect of having reduced kidney function, you can identify patients with CKD and ensure their medicines are safe and effective for them.

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Persistent Pain

May 2024

Improving function is a key goal of persistent pain treatment. Achieving this requires patients to engage in self-management strategies built on an understanding of pain that addresses psychological and social factors and minimises use of pain medicines, particularly opioids.

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Medicines Advice Initiative Australia (MAIA) is a consortium dedicated to improving the use of medicines and related health services in Australia.

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