National Medicines Symposium 2024 speakers (L to R): Steve Waller, Professor Jennifer Martin, Professor Libby Roughead, Tegan Taylor[/caption]
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Is it still safe to use azithromycin?
The TGA has issued a warning after receiving reports possibly associating azithromycin with cardiovascular death in several patients.
New migraine treatment approved
The TGA has approved a new preventative treatment for migraine, with a new medicine that targets the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor.
Patients experiencing migraine will...
Meet Depinder Chhibber, MasterChef’s pharmacist contestant
While Depinder Chhibber MPS explores her passion for cooking on the current season of MasterChef, she remains a pharmacist at heart.
Lack of SafeScript use linked to patient’s death
More than 3,000 S8 and diazepam tablets prescribed while RTPM was being largely ignored. While doctors were implicated, 14 pharmacists could have been too.
New normal for SABA supply has begun
The Schedule 3 entry for salbutamol was updated on 1 October 2023, coinciding with a new treatment guideline around asthma relievers.
5 changes on 1 July impacting pharmacists
All the new initiatives, funding schemes and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listings that kicked into gear on 1 July 2023.
