‘We’re increasingly seeing incidents where alert fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor. It’s not that there wasn’t an alert in place, but that it was lost among the other alerts the clinician saw,’ Prof Baysari says.Bedtime without benzodiazepines and ‘ZZZ-drugs’
Pharmacists can play a variety of roles in the quality use of medicines for insomnia, such as benzodiazepine receptor agonists.
Pharmacists and anaphylaxis advice
Pharmacists’ accessibility and expertise make them an essential part of severe allergy management in children.
Medicinal cannabis: An update from the regulators
In introducing the new medicinal cannabis regulatory framework last year, the Government’s intent was to provide patient access to Australian-grown and manufactured medicinal cannabis...
NPS MedicineWise partners with COVID-19 taskforce
At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many pharmacists were faced with questions about treatment for which they felt they had no evidence-based answers.
New leaders, new faces
The 2017 PSA Branch Committee elections attracted a record voter turnout of 24% up from 17% in 2014.
For the first time, PSA offered...
CAMs for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder affecting the small intestine and colon.
There is no underlying structural or biochemical explanation for the...
