Table 1 – Types of vertigo (non-exhaustive list)[/caption]
Vomiting
In older people, dizziness significantly increases the risk of falls.7 Implementing appropriate interventions to address modifiable risk factors such as dizziness is of paramount importance. In cases of drug-induced dizziness, deprescribing can be considered if the medicine can be safely reduced, discontinued or substituted to prevent inappropriate prescribing cascades of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM), especially in the context of older people.29Real-time prescription monitoring and medicine safety
Real-time prescription monitoring systems such as SafeScript are empowering pharmacists to improve medicine safety – a key insight gleaned from PSA’s recent VIC/TAS Annual...
Pharmacists’ skills a perfect match for Indigenous healthcare
To mark NAIDOC Week (4–11 July), an embedded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care pharmacist explains why pharmacists are adept at delivering respectful and appropriate services to the community.
Anomalies in hospital pharmacy cases
Carefully taken patient histories are vital in helping recognise medicine-related harm.
Transitions of care on admission to hospital and between clinical areas are risk points...
Indigenous communities at risk of antimicrobial resistance
Pharmacists say a new approach is needed to treat the high rates of bacterial infections among remote Indigenous communities after a new study suggested...
Diversity is the word
PSA life member Steve Cohen is not slowing down on a mission to improve medicines safety. He tells of the many changes he’s seen...
Thunderstorm asthma in spring
This week marks the beginning of spring and National Asthma Week, a time when the National Asthma Council (NAC) urges Australians with asthma to...
