addiction
Opioid Safety Toolkit
Despite having a limited role in chronic pain for most patients, for some people opioids remain an important component of their pain management plan. The Opioid Safety Toolkit will help …
No more for the favourite
Gambling is big business. It’s fun for some and can manufacture hope and happiness. But for many it induces hopelessness and despair, writes Angelo Pricolo We are surrounded by advertisements …
Dealing with addiction
Suzanne Nielsen talks about substance use disorder and the role of pharmacists in addiction medicine In this episode of the AJP Podcast, Professor Suzanne Nielsen, pharmacist and head of the …
Conduct continued until detected by pharmacists
A dentist has been suspended for writing scripts for Endone using the names of colleagues and family members, after pharmacists questioned the legitimacy of the scripts The NSW dentist expressed …
A case of impairment
More than 20 conditions will be applied to a health practitioner who escaped being struck off, after practising while impaired with severe opioid use disorder A Sydney GP will continue …
AJP chats with… Angelo Pricolo
‘Greg Hunt, if you’re out there, please reconsider’: Talking about getting naloxone into more hands, harm minimisation and reducing stigma in the pharmacy… “The smallest side glance or comment, or …
Prescription opioids: a needed discussion
While the tightening of opioid rules might bring pain and panic, for patients and healthcare professionals alike, there’s hope for a positive outcome Over the past decade there has been …
Pharmacists administer first non-vaccine injection LAIB
Angelo Pricolo reports on a first for pharmacists and some vulnerable patients alike On a chilly Friday winter’s morning in Melbourne, it was time to start a new episode in …
How much gaming is too much?
The recent recognition of “gaming disorder” as a new type of mental illness offers new possibilities to study the health and psychosocial effects of sufferers, say researchers Gaming disorder – …
What happened following the codeine upschedule?
PBS data shows no evidence of increased opioid prescribing in the year after the codeine reschedule, with overall opioid use trending down, according to ongoing research It’s been over one …
Codeine: what a difference a year makes… or does it?
As the low-dose codeine upschedule loomed, predictions were made of an increase in crime, an increase in scripts for stronger opioids, and patients left in pain… but did it happen? …
Struck off for stealing over 10,000 Endone tablets
A NSW pharmacist has been banned from practising for at least three years for misappropriating and consuming thousands of Endone, alprazolam and Duromine tablets At the time of the conduct …