Australian Pharmacist

Maningrida Pharmacy Service was established in 2014 to address the community's lack of access to an onsite pharmacist.

Thom, 37, a regular patient of the pharmacy, presents their venlafaxine repeat for dispensing. You know this has been prescribed for PTSD and ask how they have been going with their treatment. They disclose that their symptoms have been difficult to manage over the last few weeks and that they don’t feel like their medication has been working as well. Thom explains that a friend mentioned MDMA could be used for PTSD, and they’re now considering taking it to help them feel better.

Comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea is a debilitating condition that requires nuanced assessment and management approaches.

Between mid-March and late April last year, the Pharmacists’ Support Service received a massive 88% increase in calls from distressed pharmacists compared with the same period in 2019,

Western Australian pharmacists were treated to a program chock-full of clinical advice for grappling with some of today’s key health issues at PSA’s 2021 WA Annual Therapeutic Update held on 8 May.

Thalidomide’s period of use may have been short but its ramifications have lasted decades, both for people who suffer deformities from its effects and...