Forum: Sudafed and breastfeeding
“I am hoping to pick the brains of the geniuses in this group about a lady with a 9 month old son who accidentally took 2 Sudafed before realising it …
Forum: Attention! Medicare
“We have had a problem that could be prevented in future. To communicate dispensing material securely online needs certificates that expire in five years. Mine expired without warning so I …
Workplace pressure: what you said
Stress in the pharmacy is reaching its peak in the face of overwhelming workloads for underwhelming payAfter receiving an abundance of thought-provoking comments from you, our AJP readers, about workplace pressure …
Clinical Tips: Medication health for seniors
Dr Ben Basger looks at how pharmacists can protect seniors from adverse events caused by medicationsDid you know that one in four community-living older people are hospitalised for medication-related problems …
Engaging your male customers
Experts believe that if healthcare practitioners had a clearer understanding of men’s differing health needs, healthcare promotions and services could be more effective, writes Leanne PhilpottYou might say men get …
Weekly Dose: Truvada, the drug that can prevent HIV infection
Efficacy is estimated to be as high as 99% in men who have sex with men who take Truvada daily.Sharon Lewin, Consultant Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital & Director, …
Expanding the profession
Dispensing changes mean the time is right for pharmacy to play a greater role in mental health, experts believe Pharmacists have opportunities to greatly increase their role in the care of …
Pharmacists considered more ethical than doctors
In a broad survey of Australians, pharmacists scored higher than GPs and dentistsAccording to the Governance Institute Ethics Index released this month, about 42% of those surveyed rated pharmacists as “somewhat …
Non-drug interventions: peanut allergy, glue ear and more
We look at the latest non-drug intervention updates provided by the RACGPGlue earGlue ear is the most common chronic condition of childhood, says the RACGP, with 80% of children affected at …
Pharmacists’ role is too limited: Duckett
Guild welcomes Grattan Institute leader’s comments in favour of a broader role for pharmacists in AustraliaDoctors are seeing patients for conditions that allied health professionals such as pharmacists could manage, …
The most expensive drugs
US report highlights the expensive new medications that may be heading our wayA lot of attention has recently been given to the economic impact on pharmacy’s stocking expensive new hepatitis …
Getting the cost down
One quarter of PBS scripts now under co-pay, report revealsMore than one quarter of all PBS/RPBS dispenses are now under co-pay prescriptions, a new PBS report reveals.Released on Monday 18 …