Maximising preconception reserves and supporting iron nutrition in pregnancy
This third article in the Bayer Continuing Medical Education Series explores the impact of iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anaemia on pregnancy outcomes, with a focus on achieving sufficiency, bioavailability, the …
Rosacea
Rosacea is a chronic and common cutaneous condition characterised by symptoms of facial flushing and a broad spectrum of clinical signs. Pharmacists have an important role in educating patients about …
Counselling in nasal and skin allergies
Nasal and skin allergies are common and can be debilitating, with many patients seeking over-the-counter treatments from a community pharmacy, making pharmacists best placed to provide counselling and advice on …
Dementia in Australia: an overview
While the likelihood of developing dementia increases with age, dementia is not an inevitable or normal part of the ageing process. Pharmacists can play an important role in advising patients …
Stress, money worries and sense of grievance sparked PBS fraud
A pharmacist has successfully appealed his sentence for offences relating to a nearly $290,000 PBS fraud The Court of Criminal Appeal NSW has heard the case of Felix Yue-Sing Chan, …
‘We’re not going to stop the fight.’
Ahead of next week’s planned Canberra protest, the AJP podcast talks to CAPS volunteers about their fears for the future of the profession due to 60-day dispensing Sydney community pharmacists …
Double dispensing won’t increase demand
The government is working with wholesalers to ensure medicines supply ahead of 60-day dispensing rollout Increases in maximum dispensing quantities are not expected to fuel medicines shortages a Department of …
Ordine discontinued
The TGA has announced that the supply of Ordine (morphine) oral liquid will be discontinued in Australia between November 2023 and early 2024 “While Ordine oral liquids are still available …
Remember your obligations: Shakespeare
Pharmacists are being urged to talk to a patient’s prescriber if they have clinical concerns regarding their suitability for 60-day prescriptions Community pharmacists are being reminded of their obligations under …
Pollies to get CAPS welcome to Canberra
Federal Senators and MPs are set to be greeted by pharmacists and pharmacy assistants voicing their opposition to 60-day dispensing when they land in Canberra on Sunday Pharmacy activists plan …
Benzos, stimulants increasingly implicated in drug deaths
Pharmacists have added their voices to calls for more government and organisational intervention in reducing drug overdose “Unintentional overdose death has far outpaced our population growth over the past two …
Research priorities revealed
The federal government has released its Primary Health Research Plan, developed to guide Medical Research Future Fund investments The plan has been developed by an independent expert advisory panel to …