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Two pharmacy experts explain why you may actually find more relief from what’s in your kitchen cupboard than on pharmacy shelves.
Fake and diverted medicines are reaching UK patients through cloned pharmacy websites and social media – here’s how to spot them.
No other Australian health industry group gets to negotiate its own funding behind closed doors, with no public evidence to justify the decisions.
It’s soon going to be easier than ever to get your young children vaccinated.
You can have a severe allergic reaction to this herbal medicine even if you’ve previously taken it without any problems.
We asked 5 experts if clinics should be allowed to prescribe medicinal cannabis if they have financial links to the supplier or dispenser. Here’s what they said.
Nigeria’s reliance on imported medicines is the outcome of a policy vacuum that has entrenched interests in commercially attractive, low-risk imports.
NZ’s primary care model rewards volume over complexity. Properly funding high-need patients would make the system safer and more sustainable.
An increasing number of Australians take multiple medications, increasing the risk of misuse and harm. But there is currently no centralised way to track prescriptions.
As Walgreens goes private in a $10 billion buyout, experts weigh what private equity ownership could mean for pharmacy care.
Recent government funding for women’s health included millions to expand trials of pharmacists prescribing the oral contraceptive pill. What do the experts think?
Thousands of American pharmacies have shuttered over the past five years.
Long-anticipated changes to how Australians buy paracetamol are on their way in a bid to reduce harms. Here’s what’s changing.
Some IV fluids are in short supply due to higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing issues. But why do IV fluids contain different chemicals? And why can’t they be interchanged when one runs low?
In the majority of cases, medications help patients. But even when treatment of individual illnesses is effective, treatment as a whole can become problematic.
Here are some steps you can take to use opioids more safely and effectively at home.
The new Community Pharmacy Agreement highlights the power of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. No other part of the health-care system has seen such an increase in funding support.
Allowing pharmacists to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription would ensure people who are using them to quit smoking could access them legally, while preventing inappropriate sales to youth.
The new retail giant will control more than 26% of the Australian pharmacy market.
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior lecturer, School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology
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Health activist, Medreach Pty Ltd., Bond University
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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University of Oxford
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Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh