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Court dissolves pharmacy partnership
Receivers appointed to a Queensland pharmacy after a partnership dispute ended up in court Pharmacy owners going into partnership are being urged to negotiate and sign a “workable, practical and …
Measles on the rise, Part 2: Managing measles exposure and suspected infection
This article is the second in a two-part series on measles. Part 1 focuses on measles epidemiology, transmission, clinical presentation, diagnosis and complications. This article focuses on management when measles …
Impetigo—red flags, acute rheumatic fever risk and cutaneous diphtheria
For a child with a crusted skin sore, timely pharmacist assessment can help differentiate simple impetigo from red flags requiring referral including high risk of acute rheumatic fever and cutaneous …
Measles on the rise, Part 1: Recognising a highly infectious disease before it spreads
This article is the first in a two-part series. It focuses on measles epidemiology, transmission, clinical presentation, diagnosis and complications. Part 2 focuses on measles management, including infection control, public …
All pains are not the same: pain types and oral analgesics
Back to Basics with Peter Carroll The aim of this series of articles is to revisit and discuss some fundamental pharmacological, physiological and therapeutic concepts with the overall objective of …
Maintaining momentum: weight management after anti-obesity medications
Anti-obesity medicines can produce significant weight loss, but stopping treatment often brings a predictable risk of weight regain. Pharmacists can help patients prepare for this transition with evidence-based lifestyle counselling, …
The week in review
Commonwealth funding for qualified pharmacist prescribers, the push for higher full scope pay and sunscreen reforms were among the topics our readers engaged with this week Pharmacies will be paid …
Rising asthma deaths prompt best practice reminder
As asthma deaths hit a 10-year high, a leading respiratory researcher says community pharmacists can play a “much bigger” role in helping patients manage the condition National figures indicate asthma …
Pharmacy focused on future of primary care
Guild’s Pharmacy Groups Symposium closes with a call for health ministers to give the profession certainty on the endorsement for the use of scheduled medicines State and Territory health ministers …
Nature’s Sunshine joins Andrographis recall
TGA announces recall of 34th Andrographis-containing product NSW-based health supplements brand, Nature’s Sunshine, is the latest sponsor to withdraw a product containing Andrographis paniculata from the market. Nature’s Sunshine Andrographis has become the …
Anaphylaxis cluster sparks new peptide warning
A recent death and a string of anaphylaxis notifications linked to unapproved peptides have prompted a health department to re-issue clinical guidance Clinicians have been encouraged to have “open, non-judgemental …
Flashback Friday: A ‘hard and strenuous time’
It’s October 1916, and the Great War is raging – and pharmacists say it’s “pretty rough” in the trenches, while back home the AJP wants unity to eradicate charlatans First, …