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.29Keeping a new whooping cough outbreak at bay
With a whooping cough outbreak on the way, pharmacists can help to protect those most at risk through promoting testing and vaccination.
Does how you print dosing intervals on medicine labels matter?
Expert advice for applying the right dosage instructions on dispensed medicine labels on a case-by-case basis.
Pharmacies destroyed and forced to close due to floods
As east coast residents wait for the floods to subside, pharmacists discuss the devastating impact on their homes, pharmacies and patients.
Pharmacists to give Pfizer booster doses
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all Australians aged over 18, Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced today.
First Queensland community pharmacists join COVID-19 vaccine effort
Community pharmacists in Queensland delivered their first COVID-19 vaccinations this week, with 49 rural and remote locations now eligible to begin vaccinating patients.
Half the country locks down with affected pharmacies short staffed
Pharmacists share the pressures of operating in COVID-19 hotspots and the extra pressure the 3-day testing rule places on an already skeleton staff.
