Forum: I’m here to make a difference in the health of my patients
Great comment from pharmacy student Felicity Huxhagen in the current “Pharmacists want to run away“ thread in the AJP Discussion Forum “You want big bucks? Go drive a truck in …
Forum: Pharmacists want to run away
“Such a depressing article only reinforced by the many comments from employed pharmacists about the erosion in their working conditions in community pharmacy and their desperation to get out. And …
Forum: How are you handling Panadol Osteo supply to non PBS patients?
“Have been advised by Medicare authority that Paracetamol 665mg tabs only covered for Repat, Palliative Care, and CTG patients. This limits the majority of the general population for a first-line …
Forum: The dog ate my repeat can I have a new one please?
“I have been tossing around doing my masters / further study for a few years and have decided that my thesis subject could be how many times the dog leaves …
Forum: HMRs in the bush
“An article published in the SHPA journal JPPR this week highlights the valuable and often extreme role of accredited pharmacists conducting HMRs in rural areas. The current cap of 20 …
If I don’t supply it the next pharmacy will
An anonymous poster raises an age old problem in the AJP Discussion Forum: If the owner “refused a sale the buyer would find another pharmacy not using the (MedsAssist) program …
Cold tablet double (or even triple) recording?
With the rollout of OTC codeine recording app MedsASSIST, cold tablets containing codeine and pseudoephedrine may now need to be entered into at least two discreet databases – three if …
Eltroxin – your questions answered (sort of)
A new brand of thyroxine (Eltroxin) was recently released in Australia. It comes in 456 11 strengths, is not PBS listed and is not bioequivalent with other PBS listed thyroxine …
Forum: Any suggestions of an all-in-one supplement for a customer who has changed to a vegetarian diet?
Interesting discussion underway on the AJP Discussion Forum about what sort of supplement, if any, is suitable for a vegetarian. Click here to take a look. Other current topics on …
Forum: Rigby disputes Guild position on pharmacist prescribers in general practice
In a post to the AJP Discussion Forum last week, Guild Victorian Branch President Anthony Tassone wrote: The Guild strongly believes that the best way to integrate a pharmacist into …
Can anyone identify these mystery objects?
These glass items recently turned up in a long disused dispensary in Willow Court, a lunatic asylum established in 1827 in New Norfolk Tasmania. It was closed in 2000. Can …
Forum: PSA responds to claims RMMR pharmacists lacked support
Following claims from RMMR pharmacist Penny Kraemer that RMMR pharmacists have not always had the professional support they deserve, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has responded. “The PSA consistently advocates …