Ensuring safer opioid systems

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Opioid analgesic stewardship is now a national medicines safety priority, targeting preventable harm across acute settings and transitions to community care.

Complementary medicines: Rheumatoid arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by joint inflammation. The immune system attacks the tissue lining the joints (synovial membrane), causing...

Body dysmorphic disorder: often unseen yet demands clinical attention

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Body dysmorphic disorder is a psychiatric condition which is often unseen yet demands clinical attention - here is how pharmacists can help.

Pondering aged care

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After starting my pharmacy career working in a neonatal intensive care unit, tending to the pharmacy needs of premature babies, I have now come...

TGA outcomes of listed sunscreen products review

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Pharmacists may recall news headlines earlier this year about people experiencing significant sunburn despite application of high sun protection factor sunscreens. Reports were accompanied...

Systemic corticosteroids for dyspnoea

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The effectiveness of systemic corticosteroids for the management of dyspnoea in adults with advanced cancer. Dyspnoea affects almost 70% of advanced cancer patients at the...