Australia · Medicine record
Start your Australian GLP-1 log with the right medicine details
Connect the medicine in your hand to its information leaflet, then keep those details alongside your treatment history.
Make one identity record for each supplied product
A useful GLP-1 diary starts before the first calendar entry: with the exact product you received. Keep the brand, active ingredient, formulation and strength from the pack together. A brand name alone may not distinguish different presentations. This worksheet is for organising that information, whether your prescribed treatment is an injection or an oral medicine.
Copy the words and units as printed, without converting a strength into an administration amount. Add the date the pharmacy supplied it and where you saved a pack photo or receipt. When you receive a different product or presentation, make a new record so earlier diary entries still refer to the right pack.
Use the ARTG and the patient leaflet for different questions
The TGA's Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) provides public product information. Its search results may include a public summary and medicine information documents. Search using the name or identifying details from your pack; compare the presentation rather than assuming the first result is yours.
The Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet explains a medicine for consumers. The TGA allows searches by product name, active ingredient, sponsor or ARTG number, with links to available CMI documents. A document is not available for every product. Save the leaflet's title, revision date if shown, link and the day you checked it.
Turn a mismatch into a specific pharmacy question
Write down exactly what differs: for example, the presentation on a search result versus the wording on your pack. Ask the supplying pharmacist to help identify the matching information. A database result does not authenticate the particular pack in your hand; an unsuccessful search also needs clarification rather than a conclusion made from a missing result.
Illustrative note: “I found two presentations under this name. Please show me which leaflet matches this label.” This gives the pharmacist a concrete question without asking a tracking app to decide whether medicines are interchangeable.
Australian medicine identity worksheet
Download blank worksheet (CSV)
Print this page to write by hand, or open the CSV in a spreadsheet. Leave unknown details blank. This worksheet does not submit information.
| Field | My notes |
|---|---|
| Date supplied and pharmacy | |
| Exact brand, ingredient and formulation | |
| Strength and unit exactly on pack | |
| ARTG identifier, if shown | |
| Batch and expiry, if shown | |
| CMI title, revision and saved location | |
| Lookup date and question for pharmacist |
Attach the identity to your everyday log
Use a consistent product name for administrations you actually recorded. Keep future plans separate from completed entries. At your next appointment, bring the relevant date range, this identity sheet and any unresolved label question. A photo folder can hold packaging details while your diary holds events; use a file name that helps you connect them without publishing personal information.
The CSV is a free preparation aid, not an ARTG application, medicine verification service or instruction to change treatment. If the label or instructions are unclear, ask your pharmacist or prescriber before using that information to make a treatment decision.