Table 1 – Types of vertigo (non-exhaustive list)[/caption]
Vomiting
In older people, dizziness significantly increases the risk of falls.7 Implementing appropriate interventions to address modifiable risk factors such as dizziness is of paramount importance. In cases of drug-induced dizziness, deprescribing can be considered if the medicine can be safely reduced, discontinued or substituted to prevent inappropriate prescribing cascades of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM), especially in the context of older people.29Australia’s most poisonous drug: paracetamol
Paracetamol overdose is both common and complex. But pharmacists have the power to curb the risk of overdose.
Intranasal naloxone spray could reduce opioid-related deaths
Naloxone has long been used by emergency responders in cases of known or suspected opioid overdose. It has been accessible over-the-counter (OTC) in an...
Coping with COVID-19 in an airport pharmacy
Airport pharmacists-in-charge, like Andrew Lieu MPS, were initially frontline defence.
Podcast: Busting myths about children’s pain and fever
Over-the-counter medicines are frequently used to manage childhood ailments. How can pharmacists help ensure they are administered correctly?
Pharmacists will soon need to record pregnancy status in AIR
Reporting pregnancy status when administering vaccines will soon be required for all vaccination providers.
OCP continuance announced in NSW
As the FIP Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences draws to a close, yet another big scope of practice change has been announced.
