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Man sentenced for offences, including threatening a pharmacist, needed help with his medicines The ABC reports that John Saether went to a Rosetta pharmacy in April 2020 and said he …
Confusion sees pharmacists deny first-line treatment
Experts have called on the TGA to clarify information about doxylamine, saying pharmacists often deny the drug to pregnant women trying to manage morning sickness Dr Debra Kennedy, director of …
Guild steps up to help with Parkinson’s
The Guild’s Queensland Branch, has announced it is donating $3,000 to help support those impacted by Parkinson’s disease The donation goes towards the efforts of State Deputy Speaker and MP …
‘Hillbilly heroin’ dispensed on defaced, altered handwritten scripts
A pharmacist has had his bid to reinstate his registration knocked back in a Tribunal hearing which noted that his former store now belonged to his son In June 2018, …
Hunt ‘attracted’ to fast-start pharmacy COVID idea
Health Minister flags a possible early start for some pharmacies in the vaccine rollout, as the Guild president takes aim at “Soviet-style” mass vaccination Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has …
Problematic opioid use often temporary: study
Aussie researchers followed more than 1500 people with pain over five years… what did they find? Contrary to predominant thinking in pain management, there is considerable fluidity in opioid use …
NSW blood clot death ‘likely linked to vaccine’
Expert panel issues findings after reviewing case of a woman who died days after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Australia’s third case of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia is “likely linked” to …
Burning out
Absenteeism, fleeing the profession, self-reported errors, reduced patient care: COVID’s impacts on pharmacists revealed The graphic impacts that COVID-19 has had on Australia’s pharmacists have been revealed by a new …
The week in review
Vaccination against COVID-19 made the headlines again this week, following a second confirmed case of linked clotting disorder, and possibly a death Late this week, it was reported that a …
Should tobacco be sold only in pharmacies?
New Zealand is again floating the idea of restricting tobacco sales to pharmacies and specialist retailers The New Zealand Government has issued a document seeking comment on proposed actions to …
Flu vaccine reminder
Ramsay Pharmacy is urging Australians not to forget about their seasonal influenza vaccine The group is concerned that with the unprecedented focus on the rollout of the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination …
Top drugs linked to serious adverse events
Adverse drug events with commonly prescribed medicines need to be monitored, say researchers A US study has found that adverse drug events (ADEs) from potentially inappropriate medicines occurred frequently among …