“One airway, one disease”
Rhinitis and asthma are frequently linked together and should be considered as a single pathology in approaches to thunderstorm asthma, say doctors in MJA InSight Referencing the “world’s most devastating …
Poll: Do you support a mandatory national real-time monitoring system?
Health Minister Greg Hunt is expected to announce additional funding to get a mandatory national real-time recording system up and running by the end of the year According to media …
National monitoring system on horizon
Health Minister Greg Hunt is expected to announce additional funding to get a national real-time recording system for drugs of dependence up and running by Christmas Media reports have revealed …
Codeine concerns
Pharmacists share their top concerns about the upcoming schedule change in an AJP poll Readers were asked what they were most worried about once codeine-containing analgesics go prescription-only in February …
Unregulated internet a minefield for medicines
Antibiotics are available without prescription in nearly 50% of online pharmacy websites surveyed by UK researchers Online pharmacies that provide medicines without a script may be contributing to antibiotic resistance …
Japan: A place of quiet beauty
It’s a land of great natural beauty and historic interest, with a vast range of sights for the visitor. Sheshtyn Paola visited Japan in the autumn of 2016 and gives …
Disposal of damaged meds due to flooding, power outages
With recent flooding wreaking havoc in NSW and Qld, RUM reminds pharmacists to be wary of damaged stock Over the past week many pharmacies have been devastated by the floods in …
Champion pharmacy team celebrates win
A Mega Save Chemist in northern NSW has been named Champion Pharmacy of the Year as part of the 2017 Australian Small Business Champion Awards Mega Save Chemist Charlestown, based …
“Australia hasn’t yet come to terms with the option of harm reduction”
In the wake of the TGA’s decision to maintain a ban on nicotine for e-cigarettes, research shows such restrictive environments inhibit smokers’ attempts to quit A study published this week …
Forum: Destroying Schedule 8 Drugs
“Does anybody know if there are any documents that describe appropriate environmentally friendly methods for destroying drugs of addiction. “An example I have become aware of was where a pharmacist simply …
Public call on CWH to keep penalty rates
The pharmacists union has penned an open letter to the director of Chemist Warehouse, urging him not to implement pay cuts In a February decision by the Fair Work Commission, …
RB loses final Nurofen appeal in High Court
It must pay the $6 million penalty for making misleading representations about its Nurofen Specific Pain products A final High Court appeal by Reckitt Benckiser against a penalty imposed for …