Australian Pharmacist

As DD day inches closer, pharmacists can expect to start receiving new scripts with 60-day’s supply of medicines from 1 September 2023.

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.

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

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