News
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Pensioners selling prescription drugs
Monday | Jul 17 2017MISUSE of prescription opioid-based painkillers is rife in rural areas, with elderly people on-selling the drugs to help pay their bills, according to the Rural Doctors Association.
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Praxbind ‘rapid’
Monday | Jul 17 2017BOEHRINGER Ingelheim's anticoagulation reversal agent Praxbind has demonstrated "rapid, complete, and sustained reversal of dabigatran etexilate" (Pradaxa) in a new study dubbed RE-VERSE AD.
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MA welcomes PBAC appointment
Monday | Jul 17 2017MEDICINES Australia (MA) has said it welcomes the appointment of Michelle Burke (pictured) to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) (PD Fri).
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FDA opioid training
Monday | Jul 17 2017IN AN effort to reduce the scope of "the epidemic of opioid addiction", US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced new training initiatives for pharmacists and other non-physician providers.
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Mystery shopper study flawed
Monday | Jul 17 2017THE Australian College of Pharmacy has challenged the validity of conclusions drawn from the recent International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy publication describing a 'mystery shop' of Sydney community pharmacies (PD 13 Jul), which doctors claimed showed low rates of GP referrals.
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Mental health prescription
Monday | Jul 17 2017IMPROVING medication safety in mental health will require a systems approach and involvement of all stakeholders, especially pharmacy services, according to a new report prepared for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care by the University of South Australia.
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Dispensary Corner 14 July 17
Friday | Jul 14 2017THANKS Grandad for saving me from untimely demise at the teeth of wildlife - well, maybe.
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Smoking cessation training course
Friday | Jul 14 2017THE Woolcock Institute is hosting an upcoming Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation Training Course, which offers participants the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of the field to work in primary and allied healthcare as a tobacco treatment specialist.
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Rural scholarship winners announced
Friday | Jul 14 2017THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the 39 recipients of the Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme 2017.
