Forum: BG test strips and Type 2 diabetes
“I have had feedback from some Type 2 diabetes suffers who say they won’t be able to afford their test strips under new arrangements. I feel they are right to feel …
Forum: Vaccination – one pharmacist or two?
“I was recently locuming at a pharmacy where vaccinations are done; more than one pharmacist is accredited to vaccinate. I was surprised to learn that a second pharmacist is not …
Forum: dose counter needed for salbutamol inhalers
“I call on the regulators to insist that all inhaled medications for asthma and COPD have a dose counter that is readable by patients with low vision. We currently have …
Forum: Expanded role for pharmacists held back by ‘workload and pay concerns’?
Writing in the Australian newspaper last month, the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett put the view that using pharmacists’ skills to take the pressure off doctors is an “obvious step”. …
Forum: King Review calls pharmacy location rules in question
Currently there are 11 pharmacy location rules agreed to by the Department of Health and the Pharmacy Guild within the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, which specify where pharmacies can be …
Forum: Driving to PSA16? Here’s $35
“With my usual strategic forward planning skills on display I have left it to this week to register and as I will be driving in on the weekend checked the …
Forum: Travelling with insulin
“I have a patient who is heading to Europe for 6 weeks who uses an Insulin pump. She has access to fridges whilst she is there, and she has asked me …
Forum: Sudafed and breastfeeding
“I am hoping to pick the brains of the geniuses in this group about a lady with a 9 month old son who accidentally took 2 Sudafed before realising it …
Forum: Attention! Medicare
“We have had a problem that could be prevented in future. To communicate dispensing material securely online needs certificates that expire in five years. Mine expired without warning so I …
Forum: Psychologists voice concerns over pharmacists providing mental health services
“The letter from the Australian Psychological Society featured in today’s AJP News is as about as ‘Canute-ian’ as it gets. Dr Roufeil, like some other health professionals who use the …
Forum: Salin Plus Salt Vaporiser
Has anyone got any experience/views on the Salin Plus Salt Vaporiser? I’ve had a friend ask me about it and I’d never heard of it before. The website looks like …
Forum: issues with supplying expensive PBS drugs
There is an excellent discussion underway on the AJP Discussion Forum at present that highlights the many issues faced by community pharmacies when supplying expensive (eg $20,000 cost price) PBS …