SSRIs for mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease

Could selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) help reduce the burden of Alzheimer’s disease and prevent decline from mild cognitive impairment? An estimated 10% of people...

Pharmacist advice app takes home Pharmacy Shark Tank prize

Patients would be able to seek pharmacist advice with a few taps on their smartphone, using a proposed app that has won the PSA19...

A PHN clinical councillor pharmacist

When Rachel Salib MPS takes off her white coat each night, she’ll often put on her Primary Health Network clinical council hat – or boxing gloves.

Beware the risk of drug-associated heat stroke in the elderly

A 76-year-old man with past medical history significant for a cerebrovascular accident, pacemaker insertion for sick sinus syndrome and transurethral resection for benign prostatic...

Pharmacists: the secret ingredient in the quit smoking journey

Each year, approximately 15,500 Australian families face the grief and trauma of someone they love dying from a disease caused by smoking. In 2017,...

Safe hands: minimising antipsychotic use in the elderly

Concerns over the overuse of antipsychotics in Residential Aged Care Facilities have reached a high tide – but so have efforts to address the...