NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park with PSA NSW Branch President Luke Kelly FPS[/caption]
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[post_excerpt] => With New South Wales recently expanding its pharmacy prescribing trial to include skin conditions, could other jurisdictions soon follow?
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Crippling adverse effects
Medicine changes
Too much prescribing
Nick Logan MPS[/caption]
Sydney-based community pharmacy Nick Logan Pharmacist Advice supplies clozapine to 70 patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Servicing this ‘disproportionately large’ cohort of patients is due to strong ties with the Assertive Outreach team at nearby Royal North Shore Hospital, says owner Nick Logan MPS.
Mr Logan describes clozapine as a ‘fabulous drug’ that has low extrapyramidal adverse effects, including less akathisia, tremor and little-to-no dystonia or rigidity.
Wherever medicines are used there is a risk of medicine misadventure, said PSA National President Dr Fei Sim FPS.
‘This is about ensuring patients have the support they need to get the most out of their medicines safely and effectively,’ said Dr Sim.
Case Scenario
The nurse unit manager (NUM) of the general medicine ward in the hospital approaches you. She has noticed that her junior nursing staff are not confident with diabetes medicines. She is concerned about their medicine knowledge, methods of administration and the condition itself. She wants to collaborate in facilitated interprofessional education activities but does not know where to start, as she has not embarked on a project like this before.
Learning ObjectivesAfter reading this article, pharmacists should be able to:
Competency (2016) standards addressed: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 4.7 Accreditation number: CAP2302SYPSZ Accreditation expiry: 31/01/2026 |
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