Jess Hadley, community pharmacist and Professional Officer at PDL[/caption]
Peter Guthrey, Senior Pharmacist – Strategic Policy at PSA[/caption]
Professor Margie Danchin[/caption]
Dr Peter Tenni[/caption]
How should we deprescribe gabapentinoids, according to the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines[/caption]
Pharmacists can teach ‘schoolies’ about emergency contraception
About half of school leavers (schoolies) believe emergency contraception is only effective 12 or 24 hours after sexual intercourse, according to a new study...
From the President: Inequitable consumer access to care a priority for...
As the 21 May election draws close, PSA’s election platform has renewed calls to prioritise better consumer access to healthcare through fairer remuneration for pharmacist-delivered services.
Empagliflozin for reducing risk of kidney stones
Research shows this SLGT2 inhibitor may reduce stones in people with diabetes, though how is unclear.
Kidney stones (urolithiasis) are commonly seen in primary care,...
How AI might help identify adverse drug events
The development of natural language processing (NLP) capabilities is opening new avenues for pharmacovigilance and pharmacists can play a key role in the process.
US...
World AIDS Day – 1 December
Men who have sex with men and use the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention pill have lower anxiety, new Australian research has revealed.
Those who take...
Improving medicines use in aged care
We know that there are high levels of medicines use in the aged care setting, which is not surprising given the demographics of residents and...
