Symptoms and medicines resources

Reliable help to manage symptoms and medicines

Symptoms

• CarerHelp has a list of factsheets for common symptoms in palliative care.
  
  

Pain

• Australian Cancer Council has information on Understanding cancer pain (374kb pdf).
• National Prescribing Service (NPS)
  
• Palliative Care Australia has Facts about morphine and other opioid medicines in palliative care.
  
  

Managing medicines

• About the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme).
• Australian Healthcare Associates provides a helpline for medicines information. You can access the service by calling 1300 MEDICINE (1300 633 424)
  
• National Prescribing Service (NPS)
• The National Prescribing Service has a Consumer Medicines Information page.
• They also have information on keeping a medicines list that could be helpful.
• Information on Managing your medicines.
• Services Australia has information on:
• The PBS Safety Net scheme that many people are eligible for.
• The Pharmaceutical Allowance Scheme.
• The Better Health Channel has a sheet on Medicines and side effects.
• palliAGED has a form for your Medicines List (88kb pdf) which you can print or fill in online.