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When the media pokes fun at someone’s lifestyle, it’s harder for the next person to get COVID tested, write Clare Southerton and Marianne Clark from UNSW In countries like Australia …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis A systematic review and meta-analysis of …
Embracing the challenges
Western Sydney pharmacists Curtis and Margaret Ruhnau undertook a total rebuild during the pandemic, and survived while retaining their community focus It’s now cliché that 2020 brought more than its …
Clinical tips: antidepressants
Louis Roller takes a look at antidepressants available in Australia Depression is part of a group of conditions known as mood disorders (which may include elevation or depression of mood). …
Discount war over analgesics
February 1971: AJP warns against treating analgesics as ‘cut-price food’ as supermarket price war resumes Pharmacists in early 1971 were being advised to educate the public on the dangers of …
COVID-19 and the impact on pharmacy trading in 2020
What were the financial ramifications on pharmacy businesses? Lachlan Ballinger and Morgan Whiting explain The year 2020 will forever be chiselled into our memories for the arrival of Covid-19 and …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Benzodiazepines This article is a viewpoint on the risks and benefits of benzodiazepines, showing risk …
Swimming against the tide
The pharmacy real estate market is staying strong, but has divided into two tiers during COVID, says Natalie Sirianni As a pharmacy business broker, and someone who spends a lot …
Take action with antifungals
Pharmacists have a crucial role to play in identifying fungal infections and educating patients on the best course of treatment It’s commonplace for people to visit their local pharmacy seeking …
Perth is the latest city to suffer a COVID quarantine breach
Why does this keep happening? asks Michael Toole, Burnet Institute Here’s a newspaper headline from May 27, 2020: “Worker at Melbourne quarantine hotel tests positive for COVID-19”. And here’s one …
Clinical tips: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Keep an eye out for patients coming in to buy anti-diarrhoeals and pain medicines, write Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen Everyone can relate to symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, …
Staff Spotlight: Kylie Neville, Fertility Pharmacist
‘Pushing the boundaries of traditional pharmacist practice’: AJP chats with a Brisbane fertility pharmacist about her innovative role and what it involves What is a fertility pharmacist, you ask? Well, …