The top ten
Our AJP website has just recorded its highest ever readership results. So what was catching our readers attention? Our leading story in the last 30 days recorded more than 16,000 …
Clinical tips: falls
Louis Roller looks at the risk factors and preventive strategies for falls Falls are a main cause of morbidity and disability in older persons. More than one-third of persons 65 years …
Scope and recognition: do they match?
What’s the appropriate level of recognition for the work that pharmacists are doing? Our latest podcast looks at pharmacy’s scope of practice, and how this should be rewarded Our podcast …
The reasons for prescription opioid abuse
Distress and pain are the key reasons people are taking opioids in higher doses than prescribed or without a prescription, new research shows A study led by Monash University researchers, …
GP ‘unaware’ that alprazolam was S8, failed to spot red flags
A pharmacist was among those who raised the alarm about a NSW GP’s prescribing of drugs of addiction to drug-dependent patients The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has released a …
Q&A: Dispensing e-prescriptions
A roundup of commonly asked questions answered by Fred IT Group More than 2,000 customers attended a webinar on dispensing ePrescriptions run by Fred IT Group last month, which received …
Thank you everyone!
AJP has clocked our highest number of daily newsletter subscribers – and the number still continues to rise Thank you to all our readers! As of 9 July 2020, AJP …
World news wrapup: 9 July 2020
Chemist Warehouse expands to NZ South Island; US pharmacy fined for price-gouging; Scottish patients required to wear masks in pharmacy Christchurch, New Zealand: Chemist Warehouse has now expanded to New …
GP pharmacist’s dispensing oversight failure
Short time frames between dispensing, inadequate instructions and high-priced private scripts for controlled drugs were all problems at one western Sydney pharmacy Part Two of a report into multiple failures …
It was 50 years ago today…
Calls to restrict analgesics to S3, concerns over pharmacy only range ‘leakage’, debates over advertising medicines! Welcome to July 1970 Should the advertising of pharmaceuticals to the public be stopped? …
An epic takeover
Agreement reached between two leading hospital pharmacy providers as well-known owners reveal plans to depart from their pharmacy interests Slade Pharmacy has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire …
AMA Queensland wants women stuck in the dark ages, says Guild
The Pharmacy Guild has rejected comments by a GP and pharmacist spokesperson for the AMA about pharmacists not being qualified for the Queensland UTI trial AMA Queensland spokesperson Dr Nick …