Clinical tips: endometriosis
Advising on pain relief is only one aspect of the pharmacist role in endometriosis, write Jarrod McMaugh and Sam Flood Endometriosis is a condition that pharmacists will see regularly, as …
Clinical tips: STIs
Pharmacists’ significant role in helping patients with STIs needs to be handled with care, write Jarrod McMaugh and Sam Flood Sexually transmitted infections are a common enough occurrence in Australia …
Getting direct about exclusive supply
There’s a growing trend for pharmaceutical manufacturers to exit the CSO wholesaler distribution system for their products… Why is this important? Jarrod McMaugh explains You may not be aware of …
Clinical tips: quit smoking
Pharmacists have a strong but complex role in helping patients kick the habit, writes Jarrod McMaugh Smoking tobacco in any form is probably the most important preventable cause of serious …
Clinical tips: seasonal allergic rhinitis
Pharmacists can help clear up a lot of the myths around hayfever, writes Jarrod McMaugh Seasonal rhinitis may well be considered a pharmacist’s “bread and butter” – from the peaks …
Clinical tips: COPD
Pharmacists can be key in not only identifying and managing COPD, but preventing it too, write Jarrod and Carlene McMaugh COPD is a term used to describe a group of …
Clinical tips: dementia
Dementia is a terminal condition, not just part of ageing, writes Jarrod McMaugh Definition of dementia Dementia is a term used to describe a number of terminal conditions that cause …
Clinical Tips: asthma
Pharmacists are vital in helping patients manage asthma, write Jarrod and Carlene McMaugh Pharmacists play a key role in the effective treatment and education of people with asthma, and since …
Clinical tips: men and cancer
Jarrod McMaugh takes a look at how pharmacy can best engage with men on the topic of cancer Pharmacy is often regarded as the most accessible health destination in Australia. …
Clinical tips: breastfeeding
Pharmacists can play a huge role in advising new parents on feeding their baby, write Jarrod McMaugh, Adam Greco and Vanessa Kee New parenthood is a hectic time in a …
Why the backflip?
Jarrod McMaugh shares his concerns about Sonic’s withdrawal from Sigma’s in-pharmacy pathology screening program The news is extremely disappointing, and I feel it amounts to suppression of competition within the …
Clinical tips: incontinence
Pharmacists can have a strong role to play in helping patients manage this embarrassing condition, writes Jarrod McMaugh Urinary incontinence is a the term to describe the involuntary loss of …