Another diabetes drug scarce until end 2024
Eli Lilly’s Trulicity had been been ‘go-to’ replacement for in-demand Ozempic Trulicity, the type-2 diabetes preparation which had been a regular stop-gap option when the much-hyped Ozempic was in short …
AFT sees 24% hike in sales
Flagship Maxigesic products and Australian OTC business contribute the most to latest half yearly results Maxigesic manufacturer AFT Pharmaceuticals has reported higher bottom-line profit and revenue after continued robust demand …
Dispensing-only product likely sold to consumers: TGA
Paracetamol products without child-resistant packaging may have been directly supplied to consumers, the TGA warns The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued a statement saying it has become aware that some …
Scope expansion key to boosting access to care
Health minister keen to embrace skincare role for pharmacists to ease pressure on health system Extending pharmacists’ scope of practice to include the treatment of certain skin conditions will improve access …
Oral corticosteroids—not always forever
Pharmacists conducting comprehensive medication reviews need to take a best possible medication history to identify long-term and cumulative use of oral corticosteroids, recommend medications to optimise underlying conditions, identify other …
The importance and skill of saying no
When a pharmacist is unable to fulfil a patient’s request for a particular medicine or service based on their professional opinion and legal and ethical obligations, it is important that …
Multimorbidity
Patients with complex multimorbidity experience a substantial burden not only because of their chronic health problems but also as a result of the treatments they receive. Multimorbidity also poses problems …
Sports supplements: the role of pharmacists in ensuring safe supplementation
By providing education, guidance and information, pharmacists can play a role in ensuring all purchasers of sport supplements—athletes, their parents, partners or carers—know how to use them safely, writes Karen …
Vaping: e-cigarettes in smoking cessation
What is the evidence for nicotine vaping products in smoking cessation and their impact on health more generally? By Sandra Rackemann BPharm (Hons), AACPA, Professional Development Pharmacist, Australasian College of …
Skincare next step in scope expansion
Pharmacists to treat four skin conditions under expanded scope trial Community pharmacists in NSW will be able to prescribe treatments for certain skin conditions from March 2024, under the next …
Promoting healthy bones and preventing falls
Greater awareness of the risk factors for osteoporosis may help encourage early intervention and reduce fracture rates, writes Leanne Philpott Osteoporosis often goes undiagnosed until the first fracture occurs Discussing …
The week in review
60-day dispensing, the 8CPA, antimicrobial awareness and regulatory issues all made the news this week It was World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, and FIP issued new policy, saying pharmacists should …
