Non-CVD statin evidence lacking
A review of the benefits of statins has found a lack of convincing evidence for the drugs’ use in helping prevent conditions such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease While some …
Police roundup
Police in northern NSW are warning the public to “be wary” if offered methadone or fentanyl following a robbery Police were called to a pharmacy in Armidale Road, South Grafton …
Pharmacist turnover 32% in ACT public hospitals
Thirty pharmacists have resigned from Canberra Hospital since January 2017, the ACT Government has admitted The Canberra Times has reported on government figures released after the ACT’s Shadow Health Minister, …
Shortages roll on
The TGA has provided updated advice on the shortages of Anginine and Lycinate, as well as Clomid Arrow Pharmaceuticals, the sponsor of Anginine and Lycinate tablets, has advised the TGA …
Most unintended pregnancies due to no contraception
A quarter of women who responded to a survey reported falling pregnant in the past 10 years without planning to do so, and 30.4% of those pregnancies were terminated A …
Chemist Warehouse in drone delivery havoc
Residents of one suburb have a message for Chemist Warehouse: stop using drones to make deliveries over our homes Retailers including Chemist Warehouse and the Mexican food chain Guzman y …
Awareness growing of pharmacy sick notes
The PSA and the Pharmacy Guild have released the updated Absence from Work Certificates Guidelines for Pharmacists Originally developed by PSA and the Guild in 2008 and revised in 2011, …
The week in review
It’s been a mixed bag of news in the pharmacy sector this week, as discussion of the aged care sector continues, hospital pharmacy was under the spotlight and a focus …
Pharmacist prescribing forum: what’s next?
Stakeholders have shown a strong desire to progress work to enable pharmacists to prescribe S4 and S8 medicines The Pharmacy Board of Australia has published a report about the forum …
Little support for ownership changes
AJP’s latest poll has suggested what many already know: that pharmacists overwhelmingly support pharmacist ownership In our latest poll, we asked readers to tell us who, if there was to …
Genital warts reduced, but stable in older Australians
The last 10 years have seen diagnoses of genital warts drop by 90% in Australian men and women aged 15 to 20 New surveillance data presented today at the 32nd …
Pharmacists warned on pholcodine cough mixtures
Anaesthetists are calling for a ban, or an upschedule to Prescription Only, for cough medicines containing pholcodine Dr Paul McAleer, a specialist anaesthetist and chair of the multidisciplinary organisation The …