Australian Pharmacist

Pharmacists are asked to lead the shift from reliever to inhaled corticosteroid regimens and to minimise use of oral corticosteroids.

The discontinuation of several insulin products will leave many patients struggling to adjust to new medicine strengths and devices.

Contrary to the belief that people who misuse prescription opioids are doing the wrong thing, a recent Australian study has shown most people overuse opioids to manage symptoms such as pain and mental health conditions.

On 19 February, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced that a proposed pharmacist prescribing pilot would go ahead.

Routine childhood vaccinations can sometimes be associated with mild adverse effects. Understanding how non-pharmacological strategies and medicines are used to treat pain or fever episodes in this patient cohort is essential.

These oft-used medicines have become the analgesia of choice for many prescribers. But care should be taken before prescribing gabapentinoids to certain patients. Gabapentinoid medicines...