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.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in Australia and worldwide.

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...

Every course of OCS, either in long-term administration or repetitive bursts – takes people closer to a total lifetime dose of OCS, which is dangerous.

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

Both Cautionary Advisory Label (CAL) 6 and CAL 13 have been overhauled to sharpen storage advice. CAL 6 explanatory notes advice in Digital Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook (APF) now mentions considerations for room-temperature time windows for refrigerated medicines, while...

Merging CAL 18 and CAL I removes duplication and confusion, helping patients receive clearer, more actionable dietary advice.

Pharmacists have numerous opportunities to assess risk, recommend therapies, and help patients manage their heart health.