Professor Melissa Baysari[/caption]
Michael Bakker MPS[/caption]
For pharmacists who do not have this knowledge from primary experience, seeking these reflections from colleagues or through careful listening with patients is essential.
Mr Robinson identified that consumers who, at short notice, book a trip to south-east Asia and don’t plan a GP visit have particularly welcomed his travel health consultations.
The rise of zoonotic diseases
Dat Le MPS 
In a survey of patient adherence to medicines for chronic diseases, 60% of participants stated forgetfulness was the reason for missed doses.5 The study found that missed doses were more commonly reported by patients with vitamin D deficiency, followed by hyperlipidaemia.5 
Identifying whether a medicine is time-critical requires knowledge of the half-life of the medicine, as it is a major determinant of the fluctuation in inter-dose concentrations at a steady state.14 Half-life serves as guidance for making informed recommendations on what to do when a dose of medicine is missed. Four to five half-lives is a general rule of thumb used to approximate the time needed for a medicine to be considered eliminated from the body. At that time point, the plasma concentrations of a given medicine will reach below a clinically relevant concentration.15
2. Other methods 
Strategies to prevent a missed or delayed dose
With only two weeks before school resumes, now is the ideal time for pharmacists to help parents catch up with vaccinations for their children.
Turning informal advice into a structured consultation service: pharmacy-based travel health services take flight.
As temperatures soar, ensuring proper storage of medicines is more critical than ever. Here’s how heat impacts medicine safety and how pharmacists and patients can safeguard their efficacy.
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.
Find out what will be involved in vaping consultations and the documentation that will be required, as experts reveal the details at PSA24.
Credentialed pharmacists can help to change the lives of patients by taking an active role in team-based care.
Pharmacy’s ‘go to’ reference – the APF – describes expected practice, not just best practice. Common ailments are no exception.
Summer hazards are aplenty, and feelings of isolation and stress can emerge or escalate for many. So, what do pharmacists need to consider?
Clozapine, used for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, is subject to strict regulatory and monitoring requirements.
Patients are being harmed because we are not talking about the adverse effects of mental health medicines.
