Supporting terminally ill patients

Having an easily-accessible palliative care pharmacist in every community would improve medicine management for terminally ill Australians, said Helen Stone MPS, PSA State and Territory Manager South Australia and Northern Territory.

How to manage neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is defined as ‘pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system’.1 It is associated with impaired quality of...

Is technology helping make medicine use in Australia safer?

After chairing the Medication Safety and Efficiency Conference, Deborah Hawthorne reflects on whether digital health is making care safer.

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.

Activate more pharmacist immunisers now

The thousands of community pharmacies assessed as suitable COVID-19 vaccination sites must be activated now.

Are antibiotics courses for common infections too long?

In the fight against antibiotic resistance, shorter courses of antibiotics are now recommended for patients with common infections, but how short is long enough? The...