Behind the poisons hotline

Genevieve Adamo MPS is the Senior Pharmacist –Poisons Information at the NSW Poisons Information Centre and a speaker at PSA22 next month.

What undervaccinated groups do pharmacists need to reach?

Pharmacists continue to be vaccinators of choice for COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations. But more must be done to reach vulnerable groups.

RTPM experiences: How it works well

Real-time prescription monitoring provides some, but not all information in supplying Controlled Drugs and other high-risk medicines. Here’s how it can help

Propranolol for melanoma

Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer and melanoma in the world, but studies have found that non-cardio selective beta-blockers such as propranolol...

What went right (and wrong) with Australia’s COVID-19 response?

COVID-19 enquiry criticises delays involving pharmacists in rollout, calling for urgent harmonisation of vaccine scope.

Glauber’s salt: the laxative of choice until the 1900s

Until ‘more sophisticated alternatives’ came about in the 1900s, Glauber’s salt was the global go-to purgative.