Why is my medication not available for 60-day prescriptions? – animation

Some medicines are not considered suitable for 60-day prescriptions.  

For example:  

• if larger quantities of a medicine could be a safety risk to patients and the community
• if a medicine is new and rare side effects may not be well known
• if patients taking certain medicines require regular monitoring such as blood tests, or the dose of a medicine may need to be adjusted, or where symptoms are unpredictable, or
• if a medicine is prescribed for short-term management of symptoms in chronic diseases.