THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has paid tribute to Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom AO for his longstanding contribution to the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook, with the 24th edition (APF24) released yesterday.
ABOUT one in every 500 hospital admissions in Australia in 2016-17 related to hospital-acquired medication complications, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
SOUTH Australian coroner Mark Johns has recommended that laxative medications be removed from pharmacy front of shop and only made available with pharmacist advice, after an inquest into the death of an anorexic woman who was reportedly taking up to 800 tablets each day.