In Depth
Ice and speed, the drugs that kept soldiers awake and a president young
Weekly Dose: ice and speed, the drugs that kept soldiers awake and a president young Julaine Allan Ice is a slang name for crystal methamphetamine – a stimulant drug that …
Price rounding, secret numbers and irrational shopping
How can minor pricing tweaks affect your shoppers’ behaviour? wonders Mal Scrymgeour Rounding: The other day, the more attractive half of our relationship arrived home in a flurry of bags …
Why Australians’ health is lagging
Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise, experts say Rebecca Lindberg, Victoria University; Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University, and Rosemary Calder, Victoria University The report card is in. …
DAAs: Taking the right dose?
Are pharmacies taking the right approach in their medication management services? Provision of dose administration aids is now very much an accepted, standard part of pharmacy practice, but is the …
Joining the right chorus
A serivce-based, forward pharmacy model is a no-brainer…or is it? asks Glenn Guilfoyle As a stakeholder in the retail pharmacy industry it has become nigh on impossible to be unaware …
Clinical tips: diabetes
Pharmacists are on the front line of diabetes care, writes Louis Roller Facts: 280 Australians develop diabetes every day. That’s one person every five minutes. Around 1.7 million Australians have …
New morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take
Weekly Dose: new morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take Esther Lau, Queensland University of Technology; Greg Kyle, Queensland University of Technology; Jose Manuel Serrano Santos, …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby presents the latest research news relevant to pharmacists Polypharmacy and effects of apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation A sub-hoc analysis of the ARISTOTLE trial has …
Three things to do before you quit the profession
Thinking of quitting the profession? There’s three things you need to think about first, writes Vanessa Lontos… Recently in pharmacy media both in Australia and the UK there has been …
AJP: 130 years at the heart of pharmacy
A lot has changed in the world since the AJP first landed in people’s mailboxes back in 1886… Now – following the demise of The Bulletin – the oldest continuously …
Clinical tips: all about eyes
Pharmacists can advise on a range of issues around eye health, including the use of drops and preventive advice, writes Louis Roller Pharmacists are often confronted with customers displaying eye …
CMI protects you too
Case highlights the importance of providing CMI when a drug is dispensed for the first time, writes John Guy from PDL Providing consumer medication information (CMI) whenever a drug is …