Why is disulfiram not on the PBS?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 371-372

  Lipworth, Wendy L ^a   Wodak, Alex D ^b   Haber, Paul S ^c   Day, Richard O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION;

AGITATION; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUSHING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; SIDE EFFECT; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DISULFIRAM; HUMANS; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC;

EID: 83255169573     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10708     Document Type: Editorial

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