Ready for the market
Frank Sirianni explains how to get a quick and good sale when you’re ready to put your pharmacy on the market For many pharmacy owners, selling their pharmacy is a …
Epilepsy management
Pharmacists can play an important role in providing education and information to people living with epilepsy and their families, as well as ensuring medication optimisation and adherence. This article provides …
Managing the adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs in people with mental health conditions
Antipsychotic drugs are the main agents prescribed for common mental health conditions and for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), but they have a wide range of adverse effects. …
Medications for common ailments in pregnancy and breastfeeding
Pregnant or breastfeeding women may experience common ailments in general and specific to pregnancy. However, their options of available medications to treat those ailments are limited, because many medications have …
Medicines conversation
Pharmacists have a key role in ensuring safe and quality use of medicines. Consideration of patient goals and preferences, together with the best available clinical evidence, should play a central …
The week in review
It was a mixed bag in the pharmacy sector this week, with the Government’s response to the Aged Care Royal Commission taking top billing The Government’s response to the Aged …
Self-prescribing doc found guilty of sexual assault
A doctor has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a patient, months after his conviction for self-prescribing pain medication Mainstream media including the ABC report that the 26-year-old female patient …
‘The intent of the complaint is to cause harm or distress.’
What is a vexatious complaint, who makes them and what should pharmacists do if they’re on the receiving end? Notifications against health practitioners including pharmacists are rising, and some of …
Ice ring ‘right hand man’ jailed
A pharmacist turned methamphetamine courier has been handed a 10-year jail sentence for his role in a $20 million interstate ice trafficking venture The Courier Mail reports that the pharmacist …
CWH helps raise $2m for women
Women’s mental health fundraiser Liptember, in association with major charity partner Chemist Warehouse Group has announced that $2 million dollars was raised throughout the 2019 Liptember campaign Now in its …
10 things to know about Australian veterans and medicines
Over one million medications were dispensed to around 70,000 contemporary ex-serving defence force members in 2017–18 The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released its latest statistics on …
Clinical tips: migraine
Karalyn Huxhagen looks at the debilitating condition of vestibular migraine, or migraine-associated vertigo There are many forms of migraine. The term can be used ‘loosely’ by patients presenting to the …