Aged care wisdom

More than 200,000 Australians currently live in aged care and the number grows each day. Optimising medicine safety is a crucial concern.

Medicines as a team sport

How pharmacists can respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs in an integrated, collaborative way that uses their full set of skills....

Rethinking how we manage osteoarthritis pain

Alex Page, pharmacist at Outback Pharmacies and former winner of the PSA Award for QUM in Pain Management, and Joyce McSwan, Founder and Managing...

Barriers removed for pharmacists to seek mental health treatment

Changes in Australian mandatory reporting laws will remove barriers to mental health treatment for health professionals. Australian federal, state and territory health ministers at April’s...

Anticonvulsants shown not to provide low back pain benefits

Despite an increase in anticonvulsant use for back and neck pain recently - an increase of 535% in the last 10 years - researchers...

PSA voices support for pill testing

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced their support for pill testing at music festivals and other environments where illicit drug use occurs,...