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Taking the first steps into pharmacist prescribing
Any pharmacist can become a pharmacist prescriber, according to this expert. Here’s how to forge your own path.
Managing eScripts sent to the wrong phone
From cancelling the dispensing event to reissuing the prescription, these key steps ensure no token is left active in unauthorised hands.
What pharmacists need to know about the medicinal cannabis shake up
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has cracked down on medicinal cannabis, with new guidance to tighten up the rules and put practitioners...
Empowering pharmacists to spot endometriosis early
Endometriosis, affecting approximately one in seven Australian women, remains under-recognised, under-funded and misunderstood.
The new vaping standards explained
On 1 July 2025, new vaping standards came into force for all therapeutic vaping products for smoking cessation and nicotine dependence.
Taking the first steps into pharmacist prescribing
Any pharmacist can become a pharmacist prescriber, according to this expert. Here’s how to forge your own path.
Managing eScripts sent to the wrong phone
From cancelling the dispensing event to reissuing the prescription, these key steps ensure no token is left active in unauthorised hands.
What pharmacists need to know about the medicinal cannabis shake up
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has cracked down on medicinal cannabis, with new guidance to tighten up the rules and put practitioners...
Empowering pharmacists to spot endometriosis early
Endometriosis, affecting approximately one in seven Australian women, remains under-recognised, under-funded and misunderstood.
The new vaping standards explained
On 1 July 2025, new vaping standards came into force for all therapeutic vaping products for smoking cessation and nicotine dependence.
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A cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down
Immortalised in Australian slang, the analgesic phenacetin (used in Bex powder) is wrapped up in the development of the modern pharmaceutical industry and has...
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Landmark Australian study on oxycodone prescribing
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