dRx series: Deprescribing medicines used for benign prostatic hyperplasia in older people
Amanda Quek and Amy Page
When should pharmacists consider deprescribing an older patient’s medicines for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)? Amanda Quek and Dr Amy Page take a look Deprescribing is defined as a person-centred process …
Propranolol implicated in teen death
A young woman circumvented GP and pharmacy measures to prevent stockpiling her beta blocker prescription—with lethal results An 18-year-old Queensland woman died from mixed drug toxicity involving “potentially fatal” exposure …
The 2026 Pharmacy Barometer: 10 key findings
Pay for prescribing, services that win support from pharmacy owners, continuing education options and other findings from the latest Community Pharmacy Barometer The 15th wave of the UTS Community Pharmacy …
Pill testers take aim at social media censors
Efforts to boost awareness of pill testing services are being stymied by social media giants censoring posts Critical alerts about recreational narcotics are being blocked by platforms including Facebook, Instagram …
Engagement will be key to scope success: regulator
“We cannot have our cake and eat it” – Pharmacy Council of NSW president warns against integrating “risky” business models with new scope of practice Ongoing communication between the pharmacy …
‘PBS is not up for negotiation’
Trump’s tariffs on pharmaceutical imports are “not the act of a friend”, but “will have no impact on medicine prices at Australian pharmacy counters”, minister pledges Medicines listed on the …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes This large …
Alcohol and other drugs care ‘very fragmented’
A pharmacist expert in addiction medicine has addressed a parliamentary hearing into alcohol and drug harms, saying pharmacists are needed to fill crucial gaps Professor Suzanne Nielsen FANZCAP (AddMed, Research), …
Territorians expect government to act on scope: Guild
Guild urges Northern Territory government to act on full scope pledge, as RACGP calls for “a measured approach” With a quarter of Territorians having to wait more than three weeks to see a …
Addictive medicines stolen in ‘heartbreaking’ incident
Two alleged robbers may not have had a good entry plan when they robbed a Melbourne pharmacy, but they knew which drugs to target Channel Nine has reported on the …
PBS knockback ‘discriminates against a low socioeconomic, regional community’
A WA Nationals member has written to the health minister demanding he rethink a decision not to allow a pharmacy PBS access Nationals member for Central Wheatbelt Lachlan Hunter has …
Changes for antihypertensive dual therapy fixed dose combinations
PBS implements PBAC recommendations on antihypertensive dual therapy fixed dose combinations Changes to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) restrictions have been made to allow fixed dose combinations (FDCs) for dual therapy antihypertensives to …