What makes a good prescription?
All prescriptions aren’t created equal, writes Angelo Pricolo What makes a good prescription? Ask the doctor and they’ll likely say it should relay the correct drug, dose and directions, in …
Shaving PBS cuts into pharmacy
What are the top five inexpensive and fast acting initiatives available to offset the impact of PBS cuts? Price disclosure is a continuous PBS cost shaving process. It requires pharmacy …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest research news that matters to pharmacy Azithromycin for Acute Exacerbations of Asthma The Azithromycin Against Placebo in Exacerbations of Asthma (AZALEA) randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled …
What will consumers gain from research into complementary medicines?
What will consumers gain from research into complementary medicines? Nicholas Fuller, University of Sydney and Colman Taylor, University of Sydney A new multimillion dollar deal between Swisse Wellness and CSIRO …
Show me some discipline
‘Counter discipline’…a retail virtue too compelling to ignore, says Glenn Guilfoyle As consumers, pharmacists – like Joe Public at large, are so conditioned these days to a certain “counter discipline” …
A significant discovery
A pharmacy closure brings to light a treasure of historic artefacts and facts, writes Ralph Tapping In 1956 when I started out on my career in pharmacy at a pharmacy …
Keep an eye on the bigger picture
Pharmacy is confronted by a spate of vital government reviews, says PSA national president Joe Demarte Last month, while PSA was preparing its response to the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration …
What’s the point of paracetamol?
What’s the point of paracetamol? Andrew Moore, University of Oxford Paracetamol has been around for over 50 years. It’s safe and many guidelines recommend it as the go-to treatment. At …
Decimal domino effect
PDL alert: Microgram-milligram confusion compounds risk of error with Parkinson’s and restless leg syndrome treatment A recent spate of dispensing errors reported to PDL involve Sifrol in the strengths of …
Recognise supply chain blood and cuts
How price cuts impact the supply chain, by Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour The 1 October price cuts were a much less bloody affair than many had imagined. The reasons …
Artefact: Cork and tile
Pharmacy was a more labor-intensive job than it is now, and to indicate membership of the Royal Society of Apothecaries a lavishly but symbolic tile was hung outside the pharmacy …
Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls ‘eternal youth’
Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls ‘eternal youth’ Jodie Hillen, University of South Australia Fingolimod is a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), …