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The biggest problem was that the register for codeine based products was not compulsory. There is a good argument for some OTC Codeine to be available, either in conjunction with Paracetamol or ibuprofen. 

When it was initially approved for OTC sale there was supposed to be the implementation of an online register to control who, when & how much was bought. The pharmacists then lobbied through the big pharma companies to water this down & it became a voluntary register. This simply meant, like with anything, the honest people who use it for legitimate purposes, bought what they needed & when with advice from the pharmacist. Those who wanted to abuse the system simply found those pharmacies who did not participate in the register & went from shop to shop to purchase. 

In reality this has not really changed anything. If anything the supply & use of Codeine will actually decrease with an increase in other presciption meds such as Endone (oxycodone hydrochloride) & Tramal (Tramadol) increasing & becoming the drug of choice. They are easy to get & people will Dr shop & have other get scripts for them. 

Codein, in the OTC meds was safe & very low dose (15mg per tablet). The decision by our highly intelligent lawmakers to change this, while restricting the use of medical cannabis, is questionalble & could be easily resolved by reintroducing a compulsory online register. If, as a pharmacy you choose not to participate, then you are not licenced to sell it. Easy.

Real men don't need padding, helmets & matching handbags

I have many guns and enjoy hunting and utilizing them for sport with friends. I am all for more stringent gun laws as long as I can keep mine as long as I am of sound mind. I am for mandatory waiting periods, more intensive background checks, and psych testing.

What is the advantage in performing psych testing. I have said it before & will say it again, it is not an exact science, therefore, you bring me your psychiatrist who says you are sane & competent, & I will match you with one who says you have a mental illness or at the very least a mental disorder.

Moreso is who is gonna be the first psychiatrist to put his neck on the line & say person x is sane, & 3 months later they use the weapon that was allowed to be purchased to use it for its intended purpose & then pleads insanity.

Or you go for your psych testing & get declined because of it, you will sue because you want your guns for hunting & sport with friends, now you have no guns & a stigma that your crazy. Who is gonna be that shrink.

Mental Health is too wide open to try to use it as a part of licensing. Who determines what mental illnesses can & cannot have a firearm? what degree of mental illness? I have one question for you to answer honestly scubanurse, & you should be able to answer if you take a complete history from your patients, How many of your patients, as a percentage (approx.) are on some form of antidepressant? The answer, sadly is quite high, so my supplementary question to you is should these people, who have a diagnosed mental health issue/illness, be precluded from gun licencing? Would you trust them with a gun? If you trust them, because they are medicated, how about a schizophrenic who is medicated?

Well my american friends, all I can say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Another bastion of Americandom, one of those Mom & Pop, apple pie things has fallen to the might of the Aussies.

Yes, the Daytona 500.

With an American driver the Chevrolet SS, Made in aussieland has kicked ass.

God help you all, what will be next? an aussie in the NBA, too late, the NFL, too late......

http://www.holdenmotorsport.com/news/2013/02/25/holden-vf-commodore-wins-daytona-500

I still think it should be called handball or maybe handbag ball. They rarely use their feet so how can it be football???

so when do they throw punches, im bored

The poor kids needed a rest

Lets play a real Mans game... no matching handbags here

1) Clearly, a differentiation probably exists; however, I am not qualified or informed enough to say who is dangerous and who is not dangerous.

2) Saying something has no use is a rather subjective and dare I say emotional judgment. For example, I absolutely despise ethanol, "alcohol." I see no use for the substance and believe the world would probably be better off if people did not drink at all. Yet, many people would probably argue that it is important in a social context. The same is probably true with these kinds of guns. What one person says is a useless danger, another probably derives great pleasure and social satisfaction from going to the range and shooting zombie targets, 30 rounds at a time, with their friends. At the end of the day, I cannot say that what I think regarding my world view is better than another person's view. I believe most people are basically good, so their views hold fairly equal weight IMHO. The best I can do is appreciate the views of others and attempt to minimise the hyperbole that is thrown out.

chbare,

well said.

while I dont agree with you, you are the only one who has enough intestinal fortitude to actually reply.

Bravo

chbare, let's move on. You have again failed to answer the 2 questions I asked that are far more important. My challenge to you is to answer them.

Chbare bravo for standing up to the argument. Albeit lame. Ok you got me on definition of weapon type. Symantics. You failed to address the 2 main points of my post. 1. Defining mental health & how it is do varied that no one would be allowed to own a gun with blanket statements like 'mental health patients shouldn't be allowed to have them'. I gave an example earlier. 2. What need is there for a weapon, either automatic or semi automatic, in a residential setting? I also enhanced this point earlier. Again I thank you for pointing out the difference between an automatic & semi-automatic weapon.

http://allpsych.com/disorders/index.html

This is where you will discover what constitutes a mental illness.

This is an abstract from the publication by the American Psychiatric Association & is used to diagnose recognoised mental illnesses.

My question is should someone who is diagnosed with a mental illness of Narcilepsy be categorised in the same way that someone with schizophrenia, paranoid type is? or should we look at each case individually, without tarring each person with mental illness with the same brush?

If you want to be considered professional, take the emotion out of the gun debate. stop laying the blame on people with mental illness. Look at reality.

I do not want to impinge on your constitutional right to bear arms, god forbid, but please answer me one question. Considering the types of weapons used in most gun crime, many are fully automatic weapons, like the bushmaster .223 capable of holding a 30 cartridge magazine, what need is there for them, outside a military use? Hunting does not need this capability, a true hunter is about the skill & aim for 1 shot, not 30. Why should these weapons not be restricted & manufacturers be accountrable for every one produced?

Three thoughts...

First, I think that about every third male, and some of the females in Australia are named Phil.

Second, what a friggin' dirtbag.

Third, I see a snow storm of new check lists in this company's future...

Dwayne,

i resemble that comment......

We all know that they are compensating with those big hoses. The look at me attitude is what causes the problem.

Fire is the only profession, other than politics, who can put enough spin on a failure that people think they have done a great job. Let's face it, a building is burned out, has to be demolished, but they claim it as a successful operation, because they contained it to that building but don't tell you about all the water damage to surrounding properties........

Hey, hey, hey I resent that remark, I have a stethoscope too!

Doesn't mean you know how to use it!!!!!

I think, regardless of what is said & ethical debates, this is a matter if choice.

I would like to state for the record that my children are vaccinated.

I do however have to respect a person if they have enough conviction to risk their children's well being by choosing not to.

I cannot however respect a doctors bullying attitude to refuse to treat said families. Regardless of his or her personal opinion.

Does this mean this same doctor who won't treat that family will not treat the 34 year old who is now addicted to pain killers following a motor vehicle accident that he had been writing prescriptions for because he is now taking the high moral ground?

Before you say there is a difference I know there is but in my mind this is a bullying tactic to take free choice from people.

If I choose, through free choice, to partake in a sport, say base jumping, & get hurt, I will be treated in the ER but does my GP now have the right to refuse treatment because he or she does not agree with my lifestyle choice?

Bushy there has been representations since Adam played half back for Eden.......

Probably the 12th...... Of never. It has been talked about & talked about. Maybe when bushy is an old man, cynical as I & ready to retire they will still be discussing it!

man, if only i still lived there, i would have loved to have met the dwayne meister!

You chose to be a backward Victorian bushy.....

I also note here that this comment was made by a nurse in a neuro ward. A nice, clean, well lit, well controlled environment................

Thinking about the prehospital environment & thinking about where we find our patients & how long they have been seizing for, is it appropriate to compare treatments offered in a neuro ward to what we do pre hospital?? I mean that same pt in a neuro ward will have medical attention almost immediately. If they were at home, medical attention is maybe 15 minutes away.

Good luck Dwayne. Let me know if you have some time. I will be in Sydney Monday & Tuesday.

i read about it in a book once.... it might have even been in a fairytale

Bushy you idiot

We are all perverts in our own special way

Now on topic, one thing I have noticed is when a patient says "I'm sorry i called you guys" our or my response is "thats okay thats why we are here" so do you think with those types of comments we encourage that type of behaviour in our patients. I try not to encourage bad behaviour but what do you say "dont call me again" and then they die. Its all the little boy who cried wolf syndrom.

Mmmmm spanking.

Who cares why the call happi? I get paid either way.

I can feel the love!!!!!!