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Pharmacist’s difficult journey through the healthcare system
The journey through the Australian healthcare system has been long and hard for this pharmacist patient with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Oxybutynin for hot flashes when hormones can’t be used
Can oxybutynin be useful for some patients who are unsuited for hormonal pharmacotherapy?
Some people might describe hot flashes as an unannounced and brief...
What pharmacists need to know about the medicinal cannabis shake up
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has cracked down on medicinal cannabis, with new guidance to tighten up the rules and put practitioners...
Could this medicine revolutionise schizophrenia treatment?
Working on a new mechanism of action, this treatment could change the lives of patients with schizophrenia. But not all patients can take it.
These are the reasons people misuse prescription opioids
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.
High interruption rates threaten patient safety
New research has found that pharmacists are interrupted at alarming rates when dispensing medicines.
Led by Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the...
