Australian Pharmacist

Pharmacists routinely prescribe Pharmacist Only Medicines for minor ailments such as chloramphenicol (Chlorsig) for bacterial conjunctivitis in humans. But what can you do if someone asks for a Schedule 3 medicine for animal use?

While Depinder Chhibber MPS explores her passion for cooking on the current season of MasterChef, she remains a pharmacist at heart.

Scenario A 70-year-old male patient is being discharged from hospital today and you note that swallowing difficulties are detailed in his case history. The dispensing...

The timelines and alternative options for thousands of patients living with pain when oral morphine and oxycodone are discontinued this year.

The Schedule 3 entry for salbutamol was updated on 1 October 2023, coinciding with a new treatment guideline around asthma relievers.

The TGA has issued a warning after receiving reports possibly associating azithromycin with cardiovascular death in several patients.