News
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Opioid-harm on the rise
Friday | Sep 20 2019PRESCRIPTION medications including codeine, oxycodone and tramadol, are fuelling a surge in hospitalisations linked to opioid-related harm, new research reveals.
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TGA alerts
Friday | Sep 20 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) warns that Ballerina Anti-Obesity capsules pose a serious health risk, containing banned substances phenolphthalein and sibutramine.
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PAs build loyalty
Friday | Sep 20 2019PHARMACY owners are being urged to train pharmacy assistants to play a critical role in patient retention.
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H2RA impurity
Friday | Sep 20 2019THE European Medicines Agency (EMA) is to review ranitidine (a H2RA) medications after tests revealed some brands contained the carcinogenic N-nitrosodimethylamine.
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Dispensary Corner 20 Sep 19
Friday | Sep 20 2019ENSURING patients can access critical medicines is a key function of the pharmacy profession.
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Qld to get RTPM in 2020
Thursday | Sep 19 2019REAL-TIME prescription monitoring (RTPM) will be introduced in Queensland in the second half of next year, the State's Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Steven Miles, says.
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Cost barrier to cannabis
Thursday | Sep 19 2019QUEENSLAND One Nation Senator, Malcolm Roberts, stirred the medicinal cannabis debate in parliament this week claiming the Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, is playing a "pharmaceutical game" with the medicine.
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Misterhood raises $1.3m
Thursday | Sep 19 2019PRICELINE Pharmacy's Misterhood for the Sisterhood fundraising campaign has raised close to $1.3 million for five charities.
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Boulter lands HEART gong
Thursday | Sep 19 2019THE TerryWhite Chemmart (TWC) Network Partner conference concluded this week with a gala dinner and the announcement of the HEART Award winners for 2019.
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Pharmacists take politicians’ pulse
Thursday | Sep 19 2019CANBERRA pharmacists joined forces with Hearts4Heart to perform pulse-testing on Federal Parliamentarians as part of a national campaign to prevent potentially fatal strokes.
