medicines
The older the better
It’s now entering the final week of the RUM/AJP ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ and entries are continuing to arrive in our inbox. Among the recent contenders is an unopened …
A treasure from a medicine chest
The second winner of our ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ competition has been revealed Pharmacist Roy Packer, from Super Pharmacy Plus in the Brisbane suburb of Stafford, sent us images of …
A long time ago…..
Our first ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicine’ competition winner is revealed Broken Hill Hany Aita is the first winner of an APP conference registration as part of our ‘Search for …
Get rid of it!
We’ve already had some fantastic entries in our ‘Search for Australia’s Oldest Medicines’ competition To encourage pharmacy to support the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) new consumer campaign, AJP has teamed …
Compounding conundrum
Cautions issued to compounders who broke guidelines over replicating commercial products The Pharmacy Board of Australia has expressed concerns about pharmacists’ breaching compounding guidelines by preparing products that are …
The right label
New labelling changes aim to warn consumers about potential allergens The TGA is set to implement new rules to include improved information about potential allergens on medicine labels. While certain …
“For love of my family, medicines need to be locked”
Parents share their medicines safety strategies as part of RUM consumer awareness campaign The Return of Unwanted Medicines (RUM) project has partnered with online community Mum Central to spread the …
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 …
Medicine labels and allergies
The TGA has issued a reminder about the transition to new medicine labels and listings for allergens While new labels have started to appear on medicines, manufacturers have been given …
Medicines: the state of the nation
Slight drop in pharmacy-based adverse event reports as prescription statistics give a view of Australia’s medicine usage The latest data from the PBS Australian Statistics on Medicine 2015 report, released …
Hazardous weight loss products being purchased online
The TGA has warned that Australians are purchasing weight loss medicines that include dangerous pharmaceutical substances from overseas websites Associate Professor Tim Greenaway, the TGA’s Principal Medical Adviser, said the …
Hep C medicines: too high a price to pay?
One of the key health-related tasks of the re-elected Coalition government will be to ensure a solution to the supply of the expensive new Hepatitis C medicines. The scale of …