New formats needed 
Clinical trial data released this year in a study of cisgender men, transgender men, transgender women, and nonbinary individuals who have sex with partners assigned male at birth showed that using lenacapavir results in a 96% 
‘In my view, it’s analogous to dispensing a new drug that you haven’t come across before. You understand the relevant information related to the drug from a safety and effectiveness point of view, you communicate with the patient regarding relevant counselling points, and you document relevant information.’
Activate more pharmacist immunisers now
The thousands of community pharmacies assessed as suitable COVID-19 vaccination sites must be activated now.
Early elixir: Caffeine, the most widely used psychoactive drug in the...
It’s effective, cheap, legal and relatively safe. Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world.
Pharmacological management of a spinal cord injury patient
Case Scenario
Mr SK is a 32-year-old male involved in an unfortunate diving accident while holidaying on Stradbroke Island at the beginning of the year....
The Great Pox
From 1493 onwards, everyone who was anyone caught syphilis. Ivan the Terrible, Henry VIII, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gauguin, Keats, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, Manet and Al Capone all allegedly picked up the disease. Given that the ‘Great Pox’ was a known venereal disorder, it is no surprise Casanova also made the ever-growing list.
The business of pharmacy: tensions in retail healthcare
Researchers in New Zealand have explored the perceived tension in pharmacy between their roles as retailers and healthcare providers, and how such tension is...
Are unconscious gender biases widening the Australian gender pain gap?
Pain is a highly complex and subjective phenomenon, characterised by high levels of inter-individual variability.1,2 This can make it difficult to quantify and compare...
