Drink-spiking pharmacist laughs as sentence begins
Yan Chi Cheung, the Sydney pharmacist who pled guilty to spiking a colleague’s drinks earlier this year, has begun his 10-month jail term by reportedly laughing as he surrendered himself …
Plain packaging & warning labels for soft drinks?
An experimental study has looked at the effectiveness of tobacco-like strategies in turning young people off sugary drinksParticipants were 604 New Zealand young people aged 13-24 years who reportedly consumed …
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Experts: Nicotine for vaping should be legalised
In Australia, it is currently illegal to possess or use nicotine other than in tobacco or nicotine-replacement products By Colin Mendelsohn, Associate professor, UNSW Australia Forty leading international and Australian academics …
Forum: HMR rejections
“I have just had 2 HMR’s rejected as the date I sent the report fell into the following month – ie I saw the patients on the 30th but did …
Pharmacist Workloads
At PDL we get the occasional call from pharmacists concerned that their heavy workload could lead to a dispensing error. When questioned on workload recommendations, we refer the caller to …
The secret to great interns
Interns aren’t just a low-priced replacement pharmacist or dispensary tech, writes Elise Apolloni Intern pharmacists are quite possibly the most rewarding part of my job as a community pharmacist and …
UK pharmacy gets reprieve from £170 million cut
The UK’s pharmacy sector has earned a reprieve from a planned cut to the sector which were to have seen its funding slashed by 6% next month.Pharmacy Minister David Mowat …
‘Codeine road trips’ less likely, but there’s still a way to go
The number of stories such as the tale of “Britney,” who reportedly goes on cross-border trips to buy codeine, are likely to have plummeted since the introduction of MedsASSIST, stakeholders …
New Hepatitis C treatment TGA registered
The TGA has registered a new treatment regimen for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis C.MSD announced that Zepatier (elbasvir/grazoprevir) with or without ribavirin has been registered by the TGA for …
Medicines: the state of the nation
Slight drop in pharmacy-based adverse event reports as prescription statistics give a view of Australia’s medicine usageThe latest data from the PBS Australian Statistics on Medicine 2015 report, released late …
Potential new drug to treat severe, uncontrolled asthma
Trial results suggest treatment could be used as an add-on therapy for severely asthmatic patientsTwo phase III, double-blind, randomised controlled trials including more than 2500 participants looked at the safety and …