Electrolytes part 1: potassium and magnesium

Managing electrolyte disturbances
Electrolytes play an important role in the function of body tissues including skeletal and cardiac muscle.

Improving patient health literacy

The evidence is in: positive health outcomes can hinge on patients’ ability to understand health information – and on pharmacists’ ability to impart it. Health...

Belladonna: beautiful but deadly

Before it helped make a fashion statement, belladonna was used as an anaesthetic, pain reliever and remedy for assorted ailments.

Practice advice: registration in New Zealand

I’m planning a working holiday in New Zealand. What do I have to do to be registered over there? A pharmacist who is currently registered...

Early elixirs: sodium thiopental for truth or sleep

The discovery of sodium thiopental ushered in the era of modern intravenous anaesthesia, but its darker side as a ‘truth serum’ and use in...

Antidepressants show little to no benefit for low back pain and...

New major review finds that antidepressants used for back pain and sciatica can cause more harm than good.