What are consumers’ most common meds mistakes?
Ahead of Be MedicineWise Week next week, one pharmacist has outlined some of the most common medicine errors and how consumers can avoid them Discount Drug Stores national pharmaceuticals manager …
Pharmacist turns skincare queen
AJP chats with community and consultant pharmacist Cassie Sanghvi, who makes up one-half of organic skincare brand The Base Collective Melbourne based duo Carly Pountney and Cassie Sanghvi (pictured, left …
PrEP listing decision deferred
An HIV prevention advocate has vowed to keep fighting for pre exposure prophylaxis to be PBS listed Following the announcement by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee that it will defer …
Huge shortages of estradiol patches
Transdermal patches from both Novartis and Bayer are experiencing a shortfall, predicted to last until November While the shortages to the Novartis products have been occurring since November last year …
This may not be the ‘biggest flu season on record’, but it is a big one – here are some possible reasons
This may not be the ‘biggest flu season on record’, but it is a big one – here are some possible reasons When the H3N2 strain dominates, we see bigger …
New fever course launched
Guild Learning and Development and RB have developed a CPD-accredited online course on fever The course is titled Managing fever in infants and toddlers. Parents commonly present to a pharmacy …
Low pay risking the profession
New data shows that pharmacists are among the lowest-paid workers in Australia – and pay may be going backwards The recently released Community Pharmacists’ Employment and Remuneration Report has revealed …
PSA reviews its program guidelines
PSA has begun a review of its Professional Guidelines for the revised pharmacy programs These programs include those for Dose Administration Aids, MedsCheck/Diabetes MedsCheck, Staged Supply and Home Medicines Review …
NZ competitors ‘under-prepared’ for Chemist Warehouse arrival
CWH will be expanding its empire with a new TV show, Auckland store and four stores in North Brisbane Chemist Warehouse’s plans for its Auckland store are now in train, …
Clinical tips: Quality Use of Medicines
It’s a good time to examine how you encourage your patients to use medicines wisely, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The seventh annual Be Medicinewise Week is 21–27 August, promoting the safe …
Millennials misusing medicines
Aussies are taking too many analgesics and a third have mixed them with alcohol, new data from NPS MedicineWise shows Ahead of next week’s Be MedicineWise Week (August 21-27), NPS …
Insure for pharmacist services, high-cost drugs: Guild
Pharmacist services should be included in subsidised private health insurance cover, the Pharmacy Guild argues In its submission to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry into the value and …