Record support on Thank Your Pharmacist Day
Politicians, patients and pharmacists turned out in droves to support their everyday heroes on #ThankYourPharmacistDay2023.
Bridging healthcare gaps for people with intellectual disability
Approximately 1.8% of Australians have an Intellectual Disorder (ID), with severe or profound impairment. Australian Pharmacist looks at how pharmacists can upskill to provide appropriate care to this patient group.
Q&A: Use of antibiotics in COPD
Early initiation of an antibiotic for a COPD flare-up can prevent further damage to the airways, prevent hospitalisation, reduce the risk of further exacerbations, and allow people to regain symptom control.
Pharmacological treatments for low back pain
Presenting the most current evidence from an overview of Cochrane reviews.
Don’t discount ketoacidosis in euglycaemia
Adapted by Ann Winkle MPS.
Regulatory bodies are warning of the potential for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) as a serious complication of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2)...



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High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
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