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 …

“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 …

“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 …

“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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …