Supplying naloxone with prescription opioids saves lives

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Equitable access to naloxone for patients who are prescribed opioids saves lives, but reduced stigma among pharmacists is essential.

How pharmacists can prepare for poisons information roles

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Poisons information pharmacists turn individual calls into population-level insights that inform regulatory and scheduling decisions.

Interprofessional collaboration and the pharmacist

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Pharmacists play a signi­ficant role in the optimisation of medicine use across healthcare settings, and should be considered integral participants in multidisciplinary collaboration Learning objectives...

Pharmacists key to safe complementary medicine use

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A recent survey by NPS MedicineWise has found that more than 7 million Australians take some form of complementary medicines every day. Fifty-nine per...

PSA to develop education standards for CPD activities

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With the Australian Pharmacy Council retiring its accreditation standards for CPD activities, PSA is set to step up.

Non-prescription sleep aids

Non-prescription sleep aids are widely used by members of the community to improve their sleep, but they may not always be an appropriate choice, and risks can often outweigh perceived benefits.