Support for HIV and blood borne viruses
Health Minister Greg Hunt announced millions in funding to mark World AIDS Day The Federal Government has announced more than $50 million in funding to extend access to HIV treatment …
‘Pharmacists can integrate advice when dispensing meds.’
Summer is here and pharmacy staff are urged to provide advice on sun safety, while a mobile skin-checking station has been launched for its east coast tour Skin Check Champions …
‘It’s just medication.’
How one patient with HIV found his pharmacist… and trust in digital health When Kalkadoon, Barahda Barna and Wangi man Michael Brown first discovered he was HIV-positive, he was living …
Smoking and chronic respiratory conditions
Smoking is an important risk factor in the development of chronic respiratory conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Pharmacists conducting comprehensive medication reviews have an opportunity to …
Lupus
Lupus is a chronic condition that results from a malfunctioning immune system. There are different types of lupus; the most common being systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Symptoms include skin rashes, …
Varenicline plus NRT for smoking cessation
Providing support and strategies to improve the likelihood of smoking cessation and manage side effects and withdrawal symptoms is an important role for pharmacists. Smoking abstinence rates can be improved …
Children’s mental health and wellbeing: the integration of pharmacists into the mental health continuum of care
Pharmacists can have a far-reaching impact on mental health outcomes for children through numerous strategies that promote early intervention, appropriate treatment and counselling, adequate monitoring, multidisciplinary collaboration, health promotion and …
Pharmacists critique Ahpra, Board
Consistent punishment, a freeze on fees and CPD expectations – what do pharmacists want to change about their Board? Ahpra and the National Boards have released results from surveys which …
Supporting the medicines supply chain
Pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry are crucial partners in the quality use of medicines, writes Sylvain Vigneault as he marks the first anniversary of Viatris Pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry …
Unlawful advertising
Fines issued over ivermectin and zinc lozenges for COVID-19 The TGA has issued three fines totalling nearly $8000 to an individual for allegedly advertising ivermectin and zinc lozenges to treat …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Trigeminal Neuralgia: Current Approaches and Emerging Interventions Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by unilateral, severe, brief, paroxysms of sharp painful attacks in …
‘Skilled con-artist’ exploited pharmacists’ empathy and trust
Four pharmacists have told a Tribunal of a “sophisticated fraudster” who presented a single copied script 60 times and expertly distracted them The New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has …
