The leaflets below contain information for consumers about safety
concerns for medicines and vaccines.
For information about a specific medicine or vaccine, see the Consumer
Medicine Information (CMI): search
for a CMI.
| Topic/Safety concern |
Leaflet |
Publication date
(month/year) |
Taking medicines in pregnancy or while
breastfeeding
 |
Epilepsy medicines and pregnancy (PDF 271 KB, 2 pages) |
January 2025 |
|
Epilepsy medicines and pregnancy (Te Reo version) (PDF 569
KB, 2 pages) |
January 2025 |
|
Taking
Lithium during pregnancy (PDF 319 KB, 2 pages) |
June 2019 |
Taking metformin for gestational diabetes (Te Reo version)
(PDF 236 KB, 2 pages)
|
July 2018 |
|
Taking metformin for gestational diabetes (Samoan version)
(PDF 243 KB, 2 pages) |
July 2018 |
|
Taking metformin for gestational diabetes (PDF 255 KB, 2
pages) |
October 2017 |
|
Medicines and breastfeeding (PDF 227 KB, 1 page) |
January 2016 |
Taking medicines safely
 |
Reporting side effects of medicines and vaccines (PDF 166KB,
1 page) |
June 2025 |
|
New labelling requirements for excipients (PDF, 157 KB,
2 pages) |
December 2023 |
|
Fire hazard from skin products containing paraffin (PDF
301 KB, 1 page) |
May 2019 |
|
Quitting Smoking and the Effect on Medicines (PDF 204 KB,
1 page) |
March 2016 |
|
How to safely give medicines to children (PDF 217 KB, 1
page) |
January 2016 |
Risks with medicines
 |
Consumers/educational-material/Fourniers-gangrene.pdf
(PDF 248 KB, 2 pages) |
November 2022 |
|
Consumers/educational-material/Fourniers-gangreneTeReo.pdf
(PDF 193 KB, 2 pages) |
November 2022 |
|
Consumers/educational-material/Fourniers-gangreneSamoan.pdf
(PDF 203 KB, 2 pages) |
November 2022 |
|
The Pros and Cons of Taking Statins (PDF 261 KB, 2 pages) |
February 2022 |
| Hydroxychloroquine
- what you can expect when starting treatment (PDF 264 KB,
2 pages) |
March 2017 |
|
Serotonin Syndrome (PDF 646 KB, 2 pages) |
January 2016 |
|
Severe Allergic Reactions (Anaphylaxis) to Medicines (PDF
231 KB, 1 page) |
December 2015 |
|
Severe Allergic Reactions (Anaphylaxis) to Medicines (Te Reo
version) (PDF 361 KB, 1 page) |
December 2015 |
Gout medicines
 |
Medicines for Gout (PDF 371 KB, 2 pages) |
June 2021 |
|
Medicines for Gout (Te Reo Version (PDF 371 KB, 2 pages) |
June 2021 |
|
Medicines for Gout (Samoan Version) (PDF 371 KB, 2 pages) |
June 2021 |
Contraceptive medicines
 |
Hormonal Contraceptives and Blood Clots (English version)
(PDF 683 KB, 2 pages) |
August 2014 |
|
Hormonal Contraceptives and Blood Clots (Te Reo version)
(PDF 321 KB, 2 pages) |
August 2014 |
Opioid medicines
 |
Risks of opioid medicines (Te Reo version) (PDF 235 KB,
2 pages) |
April 2023 |
|
Risks of opioid medicines (PDF 315 KB, 2 pages) |
March 2022 |
Medicines for depression or other mental
health disorders
 |
Stopping antidepressants: be cautious and go slow (PDF 290
KB, 2 Pages) |
April 2023 |
|
Medicines for depression or other mental disorders and difficulties
with sex (PDF 252 KB, 1 page) |
March 2016 |
Risks with natural health products
 |
Can I take St John's wort with other medicines? (PDF 244
KB, 1 page) |
July 2016 |
