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No more hangovers
A British professor has invented a synthetic alcohol that mimics the positive effects of alcohol but avoids hangover symptoms Known as ‘alcosynth’, the new drink doesn’t cause a dry mouth, …
How do pharmacists use social media?
Call for pharmacists to play a bigger role in providing online shared medicine information Pharmacists should increase their contribution to providing medicines information on social media platforms and shared internet …
Can you spot a fake?
Would you be able to tell a real medicine from a fake one? This important question is being posed to the public, healthcare professionals and policymakers by the World Health …
Transforming pharmacy
How a Guild initiative aims to broaden pharmacy’s professional service offering. Pam Price explains The launch of a range of programs and tools to help great community pharmacies become …
Forum: frustration …
“GPs clicking on old prescribing for authority prescribing and giving me a prescription containing out of date streamline codes. Is this lazy technique or a complete unawareness of the consequences…. …
Should more new OCPs be PBS-listed?
Family Planning NSW says the current situation is locking out lower-income women from accessing the right medication Dr Deborah Bateson said last week that choice of oral contraception is limited …
Knowledge gap in child medicine use
CMI information gaps fuelling patient drug knowledge deficit Inconsistencies in Consumer Medication Information provided by different brands generate high levels of uncertainty about medicine use and safety among patients, a …
Joint call to recognise role of pharmacy beyond dispensing
Terry White, Chemmart call on review to recognise role of pharmacists beyond dispensing Terry White Chemists, Chemmart and Chemplus pharmacies have called on the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation to …
Leading the way
Leader of Health Destination Pharmacy wins 2016 Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Dr Alison Roberts has been named as the AstraZeneca 2016 UTS Innovative Pharmacist of the Year for her …
Forum: If we could STOPP /START one patient each week?
“If just one pharmacist in every pharmacy could look at just one patient each week, and work with members of the primary care team using the STOPP START criteria, what …
World news wrapup: 29 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy around the world New Zealand: Two pharmacists who unintentionally dispensed 10 times the correct dose of medicine to a young child …
Compassionate access to cannabis for kids
Pharmaceutical cannabidiol is being used to treat children with severe, treatment-resistant epilepsy as part of three wider trials A few children with severe, treatment-resistant epilepsy have already begun treatment at …