In Depth
Are discount models detrimental?
Melbourne pharmacist Pardeep Singh takes aim at the discount model, arguing it has negative impacts for patients and the profession I’m curious if anyone is aware of any ‘discount petrol …
Stepping over the line
Administration of Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine injections by pharmacists has been a ‘quantum shift’ in the profession’s scope of practice Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine (LAIB) has been a revolution in …
Hunting for unicorns
It’s the great quest of modern pharmacy, finding the pharmacist who is comfortable with, and enjoys, front-of-practice encounters. Do they exist? People have been hunting unicorns for millennia. The first …
PPIs: weighing up the good and the bad
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the cornerstone of management for many gastrointestinal disorders. However, their increasingly widespread use is raising significant concerns, says Jala Moushi Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are …
Tricky methods
It’s 1934, and the AJP takes a look at a symbol which would shortly become notorious, while PDL and the Guild warn of pharmacy tricks and traps “The German leader, …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and atrial fibrillation A meta-analysis of seven trials showed that the efficacy of MRAs, as compared with placebo, …
A blunder many pharmacies make
Are your marketing campaigns working for your pharmacy? If they’re not, then there may be one crucial mistake you’re making, says Sarah Rendell I recently had a catch up with …
Becoming the travel health go-to
Pharmacists’ expertise in medicines and vaccines, plus their accessibility and high level of trust makes them ideal travel health providers There’s no denying that Australians love to travel. The stats …
Pharmacy’s standing under threat
Pharmacy organisations need to focus on retaining the status among the public, a leading academic warns It’s February 1924, and pharmacists are being warned that the profession needs to change …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news, including aged care analgesic monitoring, use of low-dose aspirin and managing resistant hypertension Analgesic stewardship in Australian residential aged care facilities …
2023: A year of conflict and change
We take a look back at the year that was in pharmacy In our February 2023 magazine, AJP editor Chris Brooker said pharmacy entered the year in a “position of …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Quality and safety in residential aged care: an evaluation of a national quality indicator programme Evaluation of Australia’s National QI programme …