Full continued dispensing returns in Tasmania, plus other big announcements

Continued dispensing arrangements have expanded in Tasmania, while travel vaccines and a UTI pilot were announced in the ACT.

CAL D has changed awareness of antimicrobial resistance

A pharmacist shares how the recently introduced Cautionary Advisory Label (CAL D) for antibiotics has changed patient perceptions, and behaviour, towards antibiotics.

Continued Dispensing arrangements change on Friday

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has announced new ongoing arrangements for Continued Dispensing.

Supporting patients through GLP-1 agonist cessation effects

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists, traditionally used to manage type 2 diabetes, have been increasingly prescribed off-label for weight loss.  There are four GLP-1 agonist...

Unlocking access: Downscheduling changes in 2021

After years of little movement in downscheduling of medicines in Australia, 2021 will usher in a flurry of activity – but Appendix M remains conspicuously empty.

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.