Normalisation is medical misogyny and delays diagnosis
Sharnelle Vella, ABC Radio Melbourne breakfast co-host[/caption]
Mike Stephens, Director, Medicines policy and Programs at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)[/caption]
Chastina Heck MPS, Chair of the PSA/NACCHO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Practice Community of Specialty Interest (CSI).[/caption]
Philippa Chigeza, pharmacist at Logan Hospital.[/caption]
Stewart Mearns MPS[/caption]
Repackaged medicines: are patients storing them correctly?
Patients often find creative ways to remember to take their medicines. These might include alarms and reminder apps or placing medicines in visible locations...
What you need to know about the Active Script List
Pharmacists will soon be able to use a pharmacy-centric, cloud-based model to view all of a patient’s active prescriptions and dispense them without a patient presenting a QR barcode or token.
Medicinal cannabis: Patient access and clinical evidence
In the August 2017 edition of Australian Pharmacist (page 10), I provided background on the regulatory scheme for cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis,...
The embryology of psychosis
The offspring of mothers exposed to extreme stress, undernutrition or infectious diseases during pregnancy are at heightened risk of psychosis, studies suggest.
Stepping up to Thank your Pharmacist
The theme for 2025 Thank Your Pharmacist Day is ‘Pharmacists stepping up’, acknowledging the increasing role of pharmacists in supporting patient care and strengthening...
Lessons from one of the first medicinal patents
Turlington's Balsam was pitched as a veritable ‘cure-all’ in the 18th century – and remains on collectors’ shelves today.
