Psychotropic self-poisoning on the rise in youth
A new retrospective cohort study has found that self-poisoning, by ingesting psychotropic medicines, in Australian children and adolescents is increasing. The prescribed medicines...
Caring for our elders
This Royal Commission is an opportunity to improve how we care for our elderly, and release the chains holding pharmacists back from preventing inappropriate...
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....
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...
COVID-19 spreading locally
Health authorities have urged Australians returning from Iran to self-quarantine for 14 days as Australia reports its first cases of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19.
There...
Pharmacy Board’s measured step on prescribing
The Pharmacy Board of Australia has recognised that pharmacists should be able to prescribe under two monitored models of prescribing, in a move welcomed...













