Clinical Tips
Clinical tips: Is it hay fever?
Handling hay fever presentations requires a different approach in the time of COVID-19, writes Amy Page You are working as a pharmacist at a suburban community pharmacy in Melbourne. You …
Clinical tips: perimenopause
How can pharmacists help women navigate the perimenopause? Carlene McMaugh takes a look Menopause affects all women, and is defined by the end of a woman’s menstrual periods, with the …
Clinical tips: bone health and osteoporosis
Louis Roller takes a look at bone health and the role pharmacists can play in helping prevent and manage osteoporosis From our 40s onwards, our bones gradually lose their density …
Clinical tips: dementia
Ben Basger takes a look at the question of “what to do” when it comes to dementia Every general practitioner in Australia sees several new cases of dementia each year. …
Clinical tips: vaccine hesitancy and refusal
Pharmacists have a key role as mythbusters, writes Karalyn Huxhagen, which will only grow in importance as a COVID-19 vaccine draws nearer Vaccine hesitancy has always been in the human …
Clinical tips: stroke
Ben Basger takes a look at the modifiable risk factors for stroke A recent Australian study reported that low education is associated with increased stroke risk, (BMJ Open 2018. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024070) …
Clinical tips: Anaemia
Louis Roller takes a look at a very common condition Anaemia is a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells in the body. Red blood cells carry …
Clinical tips: Atrial fibrillation
Pharmacists can have a key role in atrial fibrillation, particularly in risk management, writes Brad Butt The most prevalent arrhythmia detected in clinical practice is atrial fibrillation (AF) with 2 …
Clinical tips: bowel health
There may be many reasons for bowel symptoms, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) produced an authoritative text to assist health providers to understand the classification of …
Clinical tips: discharge
Keep an eye on patients being discharged from hospital, as they may have been prescribed a potentially inappropriate medicine, writes Ben Basger Would you know if an older patient of …
Clinical tips: COVID-19
Some pharmacies are almost in lockdown while others are barely acknowledging COVID-19 at all… this inconsistency confuses the public, writes Karalyn Huxhagen SA Health this week announced COVID testing in …
Clinical tips: Biologicals and biosimilars
Biosimilars and the pharmacist’s role in their supply remains controversial, writes Carlene McMaugh Biological pharmaceutical products have been a part of the landscape of therapeutics for a number of years …