News
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King to visit APP
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced that Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare the Catherine King will address delegates at the APP2018 conference on Fri 04 May.
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Xofigo interactions
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018PROSTATE cancer medicine Xofigo (radium-223 dichloride) should not be used with Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) and prednisone/prednisolone, due to an increased risk of death and fractures with this combination, according to a recommendation made by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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Meds error reduction
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018CLINICAL decision support embedded in electronic medication management (EMM) systems offers an opportunity to reduce medication errors, according to a paper published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
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Pregnancy database
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018THE TGA has updated its Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy database, with the addition of 13 new entries including baricitinib, bezlotoxumab, cabozantinib, dupilimab, fofomycin trometamol, glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, iron [as ferric derisomaltose], lixisenatide with insulin glargine, meningococcal group B vaccine, nusinersen, patiromer, pegaspargase and ribociclib.
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Opioid monitoring in community pharmacy
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018NHMRC is collaborating with other research groups to investigate the role of screening for key pain-related outcomes and emerging problems with pharmaceutical opioids in community pharmacy practices, with the results due for release in Mar 2019.
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Pharmacist RA advice
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018PHARMACISTS play an important role in helping to reduce consumer anxiety about potential toxicity, managing side effects and reinforcing the benefits of low-dose methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, says NPS MedicineWide.
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Pill prescribing
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018PHARMACISTS in the US state of New Mexico are now able to prescribe and dispense birth control drugs to women.
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Pain MedsCheck delayed
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018THE $20 million Pain MedsCheck scheme under the Pharmacy Trial Program has been delayed, with an update to Guild members from president George Tambassis confirming the original timeline for the project will not be achieved.
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Digital health consultation
Tuesday | Mar 13 2018THE Australian Digital Health Agency is inviting input from interested groups and individuals on the Australian National Digital Health Strategy in order to gain "collaboration on co-producing its implementation plan -- the Framework for Action".
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Mar 12 2018
12 Mar 18ONE thing fast food lovers are rarely accused of is being too into their fitness gear, but that's just what Pizza Hut is counting on with the latest launch of its Pie Top II sneakers - the only footwear on the market that can order a pizza with the touch of a button.
