According to experts an absence of efficacy data on the safety of pharmacy medicines prescribed to First Nations people is putting our mob's health at risk.
In a piece for the Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Tilenka Thynne, from the Flinders Medical Centre, and Dr Genevieve Gabb, from the Royal Adelaide Hospital, say the potential for people to be harmed is real.
She says our mob can be prescribed therapeutic drugs from a much younger age and be expected to continue the treatment for longer than the average population.
She says Aboriginal health care workers, like all health care professionals, are in desperate training on drug safety, and the identification and reporting of adverse drug reactions.
While reporting the safety of medications in older people, children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women is commonplace, there are no specific reporting requirements for any ethnic groups, including First Nation Australians.