Alkyl nitrites: What are they, and why have they been rescheduled?

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has reviewed their proposal to upschedule all alkyl nitrites to Schedule 9 (S9), but pharmacists will need to ensure...

The good, the bad and the ugly: Colloidal silver and its...

Celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow espoused alleged health benefits from ingesting colloidal silver. However, no rigorous studies supporting these claims exist.

Therapeutic Guidelines overhaul UTI treatment

Expansive changes have been made to the Therapeutic Guidelines on antibiotics, encompassing over 1,400 drug recommendations.

If phenylephrine doesn’t work, what does?

Data shows orally ingested phenylephrine is ineffective, so why does it continue to be purchased over pseudoephedrine?

Supplying medication to a third party

Key considerations and a recommended course of action when a pharmacist is asked to supply medication to a third party. Scenario: A 20-year-old man approaches a...

When the varicella-zoster virus can turn nasty

A 33-year-old woman was seen by an obstetrician. The patient did not know if she had previously had chickenpox. Her varicella-zoster antibody titre signified...