The Slap: bearing pharmacy’s pain
Pharmacy is under a lot of pressure, writes Mouhamad Zoghbi—but does keeping worries to yourself help your team?I’d like tell you about something that happened at my home recently. I …
“I was addicted to them. I was desperate.”
A NSW doctor fooled colleagues and pharmacists with falsified scripts for OxyContin that ended up totalling 2,856 tablets The 34-year-old doctor had been deregistered for at least three years after …
Suspended after net pharmacy ‘infiltrated by addicts’
A British pharmacist has been suspended for 12 months and his wife given a warning after an internet pharmacy business was allowed to be “infiltrated by addicts” seeking Codeine Linctus.David …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby presents the latest research news relevant to pharmacy Heart Failure Outcomes With Empagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes at High Cardiovascular RiskIn patients with type 2 diabetes …
Standing our ground
Pharmacy does have a vital, and needed role in mental health care, Guild arguesThere is demand and need for community pharmacy to play a vital role in mental health care, …
Top 20 pharmacy assistants in each state announced
The top 20 pharmacy assistants in each state and territory of Australia have been named, as part of the 2016 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GuildSuper Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award …
Poll: do you want to expand your role?
Are you keen to expand your role—or worried about workload and pay?Last week, the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett said that using pharmacists’ skills to take the pressure off doctors …
Pharmacy workforce to evolve
Pharmacy will have to evolve as technologies are introduced and refined, says Kristin Michaels, CEO of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.Michaels was addressing the two day Future Summit, …
Depression, unhealthy lifestyle link goes both ways
Researchers following the progress of 1,200 people for five years have found strong links between unhealthy lifestyles and depression.Researchers at the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research studied …
Health Check: what your pee and poo colour says about your health
Health Check: what your pee and poo colour says about your healthClare Collins, University of Newcastle; Kristine Pezdirc, University of Newcastle, and Megan Rollo, University of NewcastleOut of the blue …
Medicines shortages affect most pharmacists
Eighty-five percent of you are affected by shortages on a regular basis, according to our latest pollDue to a shortage of both brands and generics, 76% of poll respondents reported …
Over-the-counter HIV test coming to Australia
A rapid detection HIV test that can be purchased without a prescription may soon become available in AustraliaThe CEO of Sydney-based company Atomo Diagnostics, John Kelly, has told the The Age he is hoping his …