National Medicines Symposium 2024 speakers (L to R): Steve Waller, Professor Jennifer Martin, Professor Libby Roughead, Tegan Taylor[/caption]
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Pancreatic cancer: a deadly disease in the elderly
A 74-year-old man who had been self-medicating with antacids for recurrent indigestion consulted his GP when symptoms persisted for three months. After assessment, his...
The pharmacist influencer
By day, Mustafa Dhahir is a newly minted ECP at a community pharmacy in South Western Sydney. But to his 250,000 TikTok followers, he is ‘@pharmustafa’, a myth-busting influencer combating medical misinformation in style.
Influenza vaccines: what pharmacists need to know for 2022
After 2 years of low influenza rates due to COVID-19, the 2022 flu season is unpredictable, and could be a whopper. Here are six things you need to know.
A fair day’s pharmacy – your rights and obligations
So you think you know your rights and obligations at work? Go to school on these employment fundamentals.
Staff are the key to the success...
‘I don’t have a script. Can I have an emergency supply...
Emergency supply of medicines allows a pharmacist, in an emergency without a prescription, to initiate a small quantity supply (usually 3 days’ worth) of a Prescription OnlyMedicine (S4) for a patient when it’s not possible to contact the prescriber.
COVID-19 medicines home delivery services
With stricter social distancing measures in place and more Australians, particularly the elderly, choosing to remain at home due to COVID-19, many community pharmacies have had increased demand for home delivery.
