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High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
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What’s the deal with off-label use of Mounjaro?
With supply shortages of other diabetes therapies persisting, off-label prescribing of Mounjaro for weight loss has become more common.
Meet Depinder Chhibber, MasterChef’s pharmacist contestant
While Depinder Chhibber MPS explores her passion for cooking on the current season of MasterChef, she remains a pharmacist at heart.
Supporting patients through opioid analgesic discontinuations
The timelines and alternative options for thousands of patients living with pain when oral morphine and oxycodone are discontinued this year.
Can I get some Chlorsig for my dog’s eyes?
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?
Cautionary advisory labels
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...
Is it still safe to use azithromycin?
The TGA has issued a warning after receiving reports possibly associating azithromycin with cardiovascular death in several patients.
