The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instruments (SSSI) to help pharmacists and patients manage the shortage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) patches. A global shortage of menopausal hormone therapies (MHT) has persisted throughout 2024, leaving...

These oft-used medicines have become the analgesia of choice for many prescribers. But care should be taken before prescribing gabapentinoids to certain patients. Gabapentinoid medicines are widely prescribed in Australia. Considered a safer alternative to opioids for neuropathic pain, there...

Yesterday’s National Medicine Symposium delivered a stark critique of how our health system is failing older patients – and how to fix it.

Mpox cases are surging both in Australia and around the world. An expert reveals how pharmacists can address the rising spread.

The TGA has worked with Phenergan manufacturer Sanofi to develop a new contraindication for the medicine in children under 6.

With cases of RSV spiking in 2024, the federal government announced free vaccination would be offered to eligible pregnant people and babies.

A megatrend has begun in medicines. The increasingly large and full fridges found in pharmacies stand as a testament to the growing prevalence of injectable medicines – and are a sign of things to come.

The scope of practice review recommends sweeping legislative change and solutions to funding challenges to improve healthcare services.

COVID-19 enquiry criticises delays involving pharmacists in rollout, calling for urgent harmonisation of vaccine scope.

At the end of this month, new pack sizes will start to arrive in pharmacies – ahead of the impending scheduling change of paracetamol. From 1 February 2025, pack sizes of paracetamol will change, with larger quantities (50 plus in...