Forum: Dispense Automation
“Does anyone has any experience they can share with dispensing robots? We’ve got a fairly old Gollmann dispensing machine. There is also the Dose Innovation machine. Any other machines?” Read …
Forum: Dermatology conference attack on pharmacy
“There was an awful lot of condemnation of the pharmacists as we apparently undermine alll of the good work that the dermatologists and GPs perform as we tell patients not …
Forum: Chlorvescent and thickened fluids?
Excellent reply in from Pearl Koo to Penny Kraemer’s post about adding Chlorvescent to thickened water in aged care facilities. “The pharmacy and speech pathology departments in our hospital did …
Forum: Chlorvescent and thickened fluids?
“Does anyone have any experience in adding Chlorvescent to thickened water in aged care facilities? I’ve always discouraged it because of it being an effervescent formulation and have seen some …
Forum: Phenergan Elixir for under 6’s?
“My understanding is that a pharmacist cannot sell this product for use in children under 6 years of age – irrespective of the packaging. Is this correct? Many customers tell …
Forum: FDA advisory on loperamide
“Surely this would be grounds for having the medicine reclassified as pharmacist only? “Taking higher than recommended doses of the antidiarrheal loperamide can cause serious adverse cardiac events that can …
Forum: DAA article in June AJP
“I’m interested to hear what people think about some statements made in the article on DAAs in the June issue of AJP. The article says that the average pharmacy packs …
Forum: Pharmacy can be sued for wrongful death
“The interesting bit of this article, in my opinion, is the dissenting judges opinion …. It highlights an interesting point, namely that prescriptions – although they can legitimately characterised as …
Forum: Antidepressants ineffective for under 18s?
A review of 34 trials comprising 5260 participants with an average age of 9-18 years found fluoxetine was the only drug among 14 that was significantly more effective at relieving …
Forum: Cyber attacks a new danger
“All the warnings over the past little while from the Boss about this went out the door when he clicked on the AGL bill ransomware attachment and all the pharmacies …
Forum: MedsASSIST – Real-Time Codeine Recording and Monitoring
There have now been 60 comments made in the AJP Discussion Forum on the new Real-Time Codeine Recording and Monitoring tool, MedsASSIST, including this one: “In case anyone is doubting …
Forum: Is compounding properly regulated?
“Of course it’s not properly regulated. Pharmacy overall is not properly regulated. Pharmacy regulation consists of low-hanging fruit, and the odd high-profile case once someone commits a serious crime. Justification …