26.07.2010
Pharmacists out of touch on CMs
More than half of pharmacy customers think pharmacies should employ a natural medicine practitioner with many feeling pharmacists are ill-equipped to counsel them about complementary medicines, a new survey reveals. The survey, published in BMC... |
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23.07.2010
Registration crisis hits pharmacy
Newly-qualified pharmacists have found themselves unable to practise and out of work following difficulties signing up to the new national registration scheme. Pharmacy eNews has learned young pharmacists in Queensland have been told by the... |
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23.07.2010
Pharmacists lack IDU knowledge
A new study shows pharmacy staff do not receive adequate training to give injecting drug users (IDU) information about health testing and addiction treatment services. The research, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, revealed IDU who... |
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22.07.2010
Arthritis drugs get PBS listing
People who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis will benefit from several new listings to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) next week. Actemra (tocilizumab), Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), and Simponi (golimumab) will be added to the PBS from 1... |
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21.07.2010
Pharmacists confused over ECP
Pharmacists are using outdated product information and protocols when it comes to dispensing the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), a new survey reveals. Lecturer at Monash University’s Department of Pharmacy Practice, Dr Safeera... |
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19.07.2010
Pharmacy`s distribution imbalance
Pharmacy needs to set realistic expectations for the future in the minds of students, according to Pharmacy Guild president Kos Sclavos. NSW Health’s Pharmacy Workforce study revealed an imbalance in the number of pharmacists in areas... |
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13.07.2010
Patient-doctor confidentiality needs review
Privacy laws need to be changed to allow doctors to discuss a patient’s genetic disorders with family members who may be affected, a medico-legal expert says. Following a presentation last night, Professor of Law at the University of... |
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12.07.2010
Medical groups split on diabetes management
Not all groups representing doctors have rejected the Federal Government’s diabetes management program. Pharmacy Guild of Australia president Kos Sclavos told Pharmacy eNews some doctors support the plan, but stressed patients... |
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12.07.2010
Discount pharmacies on the rise
Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse has continued its rapid expansion with the opening of its 29th pharmacy in Calamvale, Brisbane. The pharmacy was the group’s fourth franchise store to open since Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse was launched as a... |
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07.07.2010
Lizard saliva drug
Patients will be able to claim an injectable protein, based on the venom of a lizard, to control type 2 diabetes through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). //Byetta (exenatide), a synthetic version of a protein found in the saliva of... |
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