Pharmacists are helping detect CKD sooner through point-of-care testing and risk assessment that connect at-risk patients with their GP. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common but often ‘silent’ condition. One in three Australians are at risk of developing progressive...

Questions about spacers are abundant in community pharmacy. AP answers some of the trickiest ones pharmacists face.

The various dementias are a huge cause of death in Australia. Despite some light on the horizon, there are still no effective treatments.

Administered to the nasal mucosa, a spike-based formulation triggers rapid local defences that clear the COVID-19 virus where it enters. In 2022, a year after Australia’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns, researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney received...

Patients often find creative ways to remember to take their medicines. These might include alarms and reminder apps or placing medicines in visible locations like kitchen benches or bedside tables. However, some patients remove medicines from their original packaging to...

Too many people are taking way too much Vitamin B6. A senior pharmacist explains the risks of high doses, and how the TGA is responding.

Turlington's Balsam was pitched as a veritable ‘cure-all’ in the 18th century – and remains on collectors’ shelves today.

Some pharmacists have recently pondered the possibility of administering cosmetic injectables such as Botox and dermal fillers, reaching out to PSA’s Pharmacist to Pharmacist Advice Line for guidance. ‘Now that pharmacists are injecting more medicines, and we have up-skilled to...

If your patient is experiencing an increase in the frequency or severity of asthma symptoms or an increased reliance on their asthma inhaler, allergies could be the hidden cause.

If your patient is struggling with persistent headaches and sinus pain, allergies could be the cause.