The importance of a multimodal approach to pain management
The shift from viewing pain as simply a symptom opens up opportunities to greatly improve the way it is treated, writes PainWISE MD Joyce...
NSW pharmacists given special authority to supply essential medicines
NSW has granted pharmacists a landmark special authority to supply most S4 medicines without a prescription to those affected by bushfires.
The NSW Chief Health...
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....
Government commits $25m to medicine safety research
The federal Government will invest $25 million in research to improve the safe use of medicines and medicines intervention by pharmacists.
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...
Efficacy of antiplatelets in deep venous thrombosis
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common cardiovascular disease in the world. Every year, 30,000 people in Australia develop VTE, at a cost of $1.72 billion to the Australian health system.
