Heart attack meds not consistent
Despite clear evidence of medication benefits during year after heart attack, low dispensing of key recommended medication classes has been found Medicine strategies following a heart attack vary from patient …
Misleading ‘health hacks’ a risk: Sim
Patients urged to turn to pharmacists for healthcare advice rather than “unverified websites and online influencers” Pharmacists have a key role to play in correcting misleading health advice being proffered …
TGA issues ‘Robust’ warning
Patients urged to take ‘Robust Extreme’ capsules to their local community pharmacy for safe disposal Consumers who have purchased a product labelled ‘Robust Extreme’ capsules are being advised to stop …
NAPSA seeks new chairs
Students urged to nominate to be chairs of NAPSA committees Nominations to chair the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association’s (NAPSA’s) 10 committees for the 2024/25 term are now open. …
Qld lawyer receives 252 oxycontin scripts…in less than five months
A lawyer went to a Queensland pharmacy and told the pharmacist he had a note for her to read: a threat that he had a knife and acid, and wanted …
Dialysis patients sometimes on ‘up to 20 tablets in one day’
Pharmacy interventions are crucial to supporting people with kidney disease, says senior renal pharmacist Hospital pharmacists are helping to improve the management of anaemia and blood pressure in people with …
SHPA, PSS extend partnership
SHPA and PSS highlight link between pharmacy recognition and professional wellbeing, with new deal The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has signed a new three-year Memorandum of …
The Week in Review
Changes to nicotine vaping legislation, the proposed Sigma/Chemist Warehouse merger and pharmacy’s role in encouraging at-risk individuals to access Take Home Naloxone, dominated the headlines this week After a late …
Far away hills not a green as they seem
It’s 1924 and while some in the pharmacy sector may be looking jealously at other industries, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy notes other businesses have it tougher The editorial in …
PSA elects new Tasmanian branch president
Academic and locum pharmacist, Mark Kirschbaum, is set to lead the Tasmanian branch of the PSA The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced that Mark Kirschbaum has been elected …
Pride program to boost LGBTQIA+ education
The PSA will offer opportunities to help pharmacists to improve the care they provide to LGBTQIA+ patients The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is partnering with the University of Queensland …
Contraceptives may be advertised
It’s June 1974 and legislation has just passed the Victorian Parliament allowing ‘registered’ contraceptives to be advertised and displayed in pharmacies Under the Bill, the Victorian government contraceptives to be …