Australia excels on the global pharmacy stage

Australian pharmacy professionals have received top honours at the 78th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Glasgow, while PSA has been...

Complementary medicines: Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), also referred to as congestive cardiac failure, is present in 1–2% of the Australian population.1 It is the end result of...

PSA: embed pharmacists to reduce medicine harm in aged care

PSA has called for a national program that embeds pharmacists in all aged care facilities in its submission to the Royal Commission into Aged...

Medicine misadventure is common, reveals PSA

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has released a new report, Medicine Safety: Take Care, which highlights the extent of the unsafe use of...

Pain pointers: How to prepare your pharmacy for codeine change

Preparing now for the up‑scheduling of codeine‑containing medicines to prescription-only will mean pharmacists are in a better position to inform and educate their customers....

Lack of evidence raises questions on long-term PPI use

There is rising concern over the side effects of long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use but limited evidence to warrant discontinuation, a literature review...