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What you need to know about the paracetamol regulation changes
From February, pack sizes of paracetamol sold in pharmacies will change. Here’s what pharmacists need to know.
Come Saturday (1 February 2025), paracetamol in packs...
Asthma cigarettes: The original puffer
In this new regular series, AP is delving into the medicine catalogues of pharmacists of days past, to unearth often surprising remedies, like selling...
TGA approves estradiol patch substitutions
The TGA has told pharmacists, prescribers and patients to expect a shortage of Estradot (estradiol) HRT transdermal products until July 2021.
Pharmacist prescribing and emergency supply
On most days, community pharmacists will face at least one scenario where they are a ‘prescriber by default’, solving problems for patients ranging from out-of-date prescriptions, lost medicines, to travelling patients who left their scripts at home.
Is Rikodeine still being rescheduled?
Last year, the TGA made an interim decision to reschedule Rikodeine to a prescription medicine. Why hasn’t it happened yet?
Australia is in the grips of a cryptosporidiosis outbreak
Data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reveals cases of cryptosporidiosis have skyrocketed in 2024.
