In Depth
Food allergies and anaphylaxis
The rising levels of allergic diseases, especially food-induced anaphylaxis presents opportunities for pharmacists to take a lead role in education and management, says Jala Moushi Key points: The increasing prevalence …
What’s in a name?
Pharmacists were being called to the polls to cast their ballots on a name change for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia in 1904 Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia …
The importance of connection
Curtis Ruhnau talks in our 100th podcast about supporting your staff and colleagues, the renewed sense of optimism in community pharmacy and why credentialed pharmacists need adequate remuneration In this …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news The musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause More than 70% of women will experience musculoskeletal symptoms and 25% will be disabled …
8CPA…. now what?
What are the next steps for pharmacy owners and managers now the 8CPA is signed off? Sarah Rendell from Peak Strategies explores some of the options Over the past month …
Vapour trails: are pharmacists now tobacconists?
A last-minute legislative amendment left pharmacists scrambling to deal with an expanded, and unexpected, responsibility in supplying vapes without prescriptions. Megan Haggan explores how this situation came about, and the …
Late-night pharmacies decried as ‘stinkers’
August 1974 was a busy month, with the demise of Drug Houses of Australia and a bad reaction to the new pharmaceutical advertising guidelines, but it was a different issue …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Benefits and Risks Associated With Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention in Old and Very Old Adults This study investigated the benefits …
The flightpath to ‘foolish flying’
With the 8CPA signed off, some in the industry believe the pressure is off, but is that the case? In September 1956, Thomas Fitzpatrick, a private pilot from New York …
‘Pharmacists are the key’
Aged care pharmacists are now on-site as the long-awaited Aged Care On-site Pharmacist (ACOP) program rolls out across Australia. What issues will they be tackling and how can they help? …
Pharmacies urged to conserve supplies
The year is 1914, the world is at war and pharmacists are preparing for medicine shortages Europe’s imperial powers have come to blows, with Great Britain and Germany going to …
Research roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news An update on oral antiplatelet drug interactions with proton pump inhibitors: what are the risks? Aspirin and anti-P2Y12 are widely prescribed …