Tales From The Frontline
Surf’s up
Riding the waves is one of the most amazing natural experiences, but even surfers are now dealing with disruptors Nothing inspires the true surfer more than the quest to find …
Presenting new ideas and novel solutions
Performance enhancement, buprenorphine, pill testing, alcohol abuse and awards: Angelo Pricolo reviews the APP 2025 harm minimisation stream The harm minimisation session at APP2025 opened new ways of thinking and …
The newspaper
Receiving the monthly AJP magazine, and a chance in-flight encounter with a newspaper bring back memories of the fading glories of print media A dinner with friends over the summer …
The customer experience
It’s all about the atmosphere, and the service, and being positive…. Angelo Pricolo looks at how you can build the best possible experience for your customers This fancy terminology is …
Passing wind
Everyone does it, but it’s also often a source of acute social embarrassment. Angelo Pricolo looks into the mechanics and issues around the humble fart Totally normal yet almost always …
Learning from Pavlov’s Dog
We’ve all heard of the lessons of Pavlov’s Dog, but what lessons can we in pharmacy draw from psychological conditioning? My most vivid memory from psychology lectures in my undergraduate …
Two wheels: the next big thing
The next thing can be as simple as something that makes it easier to carry your luggage, or it could be something totally high tech. We won’t know till it’s …
HM ConnecTED
While harm minimisation can be a turn-off conference topic for some, it is pharmacy’s equivalent of a must-see TED talk for others, says Angelo Pricolo Sometimes I listen to TED …
Play on words: Turning the Joker into Superman
Words are powerful tools that can entrance, entertain, engage but also enrage and perplex; even in a pharmacy setting Much to my wife’s disdain (on occasions) almost nothing excites me …
Pharmacotherapy for caffeine addiction
Being a long, long way from anywhere (in Reno, Nevada) causes a first-time exposure to withdrawal from a favoured substance In 2009 I found myself stranded in Reno, Nevada (a …
Synthetic opioids: the coming wave
Fentanyl has yet to fully enter Australia, but experts believe it is a matter of when, not if, it arrives on our shores. Is there a role for pharmacists in …
Don’t worry about the stickers…
Pharmacists are in an invidious position when combating erroneous or confusing medicine labels, with consumers, manufacturers and regulators all seeming to make the job more difficult There is no doubt …