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Unlawful use of VAD substance: an ‘isolated’ incident?
Governments should consider measures that reduce harms from private self‐administration following coroner’s case, say experts Health law researchers have recommended consideration of measures to reduce harms associated with private self‐administration …
World news wrapup: 6 February 2025
Pharmacist guilty of her husband’s insulin murder; Canadians ponder pharmacy choice; warning over Ozempic-linked death Beckley, West Virginia – Former pharmacist Natalie Cochran has been given a “no mercy” sentence …
‘Untimely’ death from mixed drugs
Promethazine and benzodiazepines implicated in a young man’s death—as well as an unlikely new substance A young Victorian man has died from a lethal combination of drugs including pharmaceuticals and …
Pharmacist could have flagged dosing error: report
Human error was behind an incorrect dose that played role in a man’s death—but an ED pharmacist and e-prescribing system could have picked it up, coroner finds An “inappropriate and …
Vale Bill Arnold
Pharmacy is mourning the death of industry stalwart Bill Arnold Canberra-based pharmacist and opioid treatment advocate, Bill Arnold died over the weekend. Arnold was a life member both the Pharmaceutical …
New psychoactive substances a growing problem
Diazepam was the top contributing drug in Victorian fatal overdoses in 2023, a coroner’s report has revealed…but deaths involving new drugs are increasing The Coroner’s Court of Victoria has published …
Paracetamol, charting role in woman’s death revealed
A 39kg woman was given 1g paracetamol QID 13 times over five days, leading a coroner to recommend publishing statistics on whether updated systems are helping prevent overdose ACT coroner …
‘There is time to intervene’
Naloxone should be provided to reverse overdoses from both prescribed and illicit opioids, and pharmacists are at the forefront, experts urge Research shows that it is unusual for a person …
‘Tragedy’ after VAD spouse death
Coroner slams voluntary assisted dying self-administration laws that led to the death of a VAD patient’s spouse from ‘the most dangerous of pharmaceutical products’ The death of a VAD patient’s …
‘It is not the role of a regulatory pharmacist to make clinical decisions’
PRU officers’ role queried following inquest into a man’s tragic death from prescribed Physeptone tablets and Stilnox A coroner has called on the NSW Ministry of Health to review its …
World news wrapup: 29 August 2024
One in six English pharmacies at risk of closing within a year; NZ nitrofurantoin death highlights need for long-term use awareness; Canada makes nicotine pouches pharmacy-only England: Community Pharmacy England …
Boy’s methadone death was in ‘high-risk’ circumstances
A pharmacist who dispensed methadone to parents of a boy who died from ingesting the drug has suggested a “better system” for informing employee pharmacists, especially when owners are absent …