Clinical tips: Dental and oral health
Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen explain the key role pharmacists play in oral care and dental health Many people will tell you that they can think of many other things …
Weekly Dose: Methylprednisolone
This drug is used to treat conditions involving inflammation such as asthma, arthritis and gout – but not rare kidney disease Nial Wheate, BPharm Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Methylprednisolone …
S8 use, incident reports on the rise
For safe dispensing, it’s important to be aware of the four key factors in S8 dispensing incidents, says indemnity body Most pharmacists will be aware of the ever-expanding range of …
A debased prescription for change
King Review interim report findings won’t pass the test of public scrutiny, argues Dr Rohan Miller An interim report titled Review of pharmacy remuneration and regulation was quietly published recently which …
Ice causes death in many ways, overdose is just one of them
Ice causes death in many ways, overdose is just one of them Most people are unaware of the severe impact ice has on the heart. from www.shutterstock.com.au Shane Darke, UNSW …
Thursday Island Pharmacy
Organising choppers and using barges to get medicines to patients is part and parcel of this pharmacy’s daily operations By Peter Waterman Running a pharmacy where you clock up a …
Self selection vs counter conversation
What is your strategy? How does your performance compare to strategy? asks Glenn Guilfoyle Bruce Annabel has recently written some insightful pieces around the commercial and strategy comparisons between the so-called …
Better support for diabetes
For those who missed it, management of injection delivery for insulin and other diabetic medications was covered at PSA17 With diabetes one of the biggest challenges facing the Australian healthcare …
Clinical tips: breastfeeding
Pharmacists can play a huge role in advising new parents on feeding their baby, write Jarrod McMaugh, Adam Greco and Vanessa Kee New parenthood is a hectic time in a …
What’s wrong with the “cuff method”?
The most-used method of measuring blood pressure is often inaccurate, writes James Sharman James Sharman, Professor of Medical Research and Deputy Director, Menzies Institute for Medical Research., University of Tasmania The …
Like dry eye… but not
This condition is so often diagnosed incorrectly as dry eye – but how can you tell the difference? Have you heard of blepharospasm? Maybe not… but you may have seen …
The question of deregulation
What might happen if supermarkets enter the pharmacy industry? asks Michael Rhodes Much debate has arisen about what happens next in the pharmacy industry and regrettably, some think the current …