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AJP: changes we need to make
There’s been some changes made to our website, plus an update on our Easter period newsletter schedule It’s almost time for the Easter weekend, undoubtedly the strangest one of our …
‘Waiting at chemist for medications… a marketing ploy?’
A doctor who self-prescribed antibiotics has complained on a public forum that the pharmacist took too long to dispense the medicine Posters have defended pharmacists in an online forum in …
‘Ask me anything’
A community pharmacist has answered the public’s questions on a popular online forum, covering Chemist Warehouse, wages, homeopathy, codeine and more A pharmacist with five years’ experience under their belt …
Forum: More than one pharmacist
How do other busy pharmacies manage a couple of issues that come up with having more than one pharmacist? A forum member says: “For most of our opening hours we …
Forum: Things that make me shake my head in pharmacy
What are your facepalm moments? Things that make me shake my head in pharmacy, writes an AJP forum member: 1. Patients coming in without their glasses. I need to give them …
Forum: NDIS – Trouble getting paid…
“We have our first NDIS patient. We started supplying them with wipes, hand sanitisers etc starting in April. The managing agency is refusing to pay the account from the monthly account …
Forum: Perindopril
It’s 2017. Why is this molecule’s salts still marketed as different strengths? No other drug with salt variants do this. Post a comment here. Other current topics in the AJP …
Forum: Patient confusion over recommended dose
An AusPharm member states: “Had a patient talking to me about these today. I hadn’t paid attention to the wording before. Does anyone want to hazard a guess at what …
Forum: Codeine Upscheduling
An AusPharm member states: “I feel like I’m just not understanding something. Following an article on here today about what the Guild has to say about undermining our roles as …
Forum: Absentee owners
“‘We have an invisible owner who has had nothing to do with the pharmacy and doesn’t communicate with us at all…’ Taken on its own it’s pretty gobsmacking quote. The situation …
Forum: I’m a doctor, but don’t have my script pad
“I often work in holiday locations as a locum and am approached by customers who claim to be a doctor on holidays, usually working in a public hospital, and wanting …
Forum: 28-day vs 30-day pack sizes… WHY?
“Over the last few week, I have had more than a few patients ask me why some medication comes in a 30-day pack e.g. Atacand & Crestor, but others they …