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Keen-eyed pharmacist uncovers morphine misconduct
The pharmacist contacted police after discovering a carer was misappropriating a patient’s MS Contin tablets and substituting them with aspirin A Queensland woman has been banned for life from providing …
Jailed pharmacist pretended to be his mother
A pharmacist has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after he sold hundreds of thousands of doses of drugs of addiction onto the black market The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare …
‘The basis for major change’
The Pharmacy Guild says it looks forward to working with the Government on implementing aged care reforms The final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety …
Position vacant
PDL is looking for a local advisory committee member for NSW and the ACT Pharmaceutical Defence Limited Local Advisory Committees are established throughout Australia to help meet the needs of …
Recommended: an expert pharmacist presence
The Final Report into the aged care sector makes several recommendations about the involvement of pharmacists, including medication management reviews The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care …
‘We can start to remove the blindfolds.’
Drug treatment stakeholders are calling on decision-makers to implement a pill testing service at an upcoming music festival The Association of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies NT, the peak body …
Adverse events ‘within normal expectations’
The TGA is set to start publishing weekly reports on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, with all 79 adverse events reported so far nothing out of the ordinary In a …
How can governments communicate with multicultural Australians about COVID vaccines?
It’s not as simple as having a poster in their language, say researchers Holly Seale, UNSW; Abela Mahimbo, University of Technology Sydney; Ben Harris-Roxas, UNSW, and Nadia Chaves, La Trobe …
Benzos, stimulants commonly co-ingested with quetiapine
Around one in 10 people in this group of Aussies used the antipsychotic medicine quetiapine for non-medical purposes Among 7,000 people who injected drugs in Australia between 2011-2018, approximately one …
Check your mailbox
Cyber security, rural pharmacy allowances, education and shopping mall profitability. Take a peek inside our March print journal The March edition of the AJP magazine should be landing in your …
Supply and demand
Move pharmacy to the forefront of medicinal cannabis supply as obstacles continue to block patient access, MPs argue More needs to be done to ensure Australian consumers can access approved …
Disqualified after prescribing to sex workers
The Medical Board has issued a statement about Dr Syed Islam, who has been reprimanded after a pharmacist called the police about a suspect script Dr Islam has been disqualified …