Amy Page

Aug 7, 2024 | ajp.com.au | Sheshtyn Paola |Jay Cutler |Benjamyn Sung |Amy Page

Hospital pharmacists could review scripts and analyse prescribing patterns to protect patients using high-risk medications, lead author of new study says Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) that occur in hospital are common among older people and may lead to longer stays and higher mortality rates, a new Australian study has found. The findings present an opportunityThis content is restricted to registered users only.

Aug 7, 2024 | ajp.com.au | Jay Cutler |Benjamyn Sung |Amy Page |Nicholas O’Donoghue

Australia’s pharmacy sector is set to benefit from the extraordinary certainty over the course of the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), a business advisor tells our latest podcast  AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh talks with Paul Hedley the principal partner of Hedley Partners about the 8CPA and its impact on the pharmacy market. Topics coveredThis content is restricted to registered users only.

Aug 6, 2024 | ajp.com.au | Nicholas O’Donoghue |Jay Cutler |Benjamyn Sung |Amy Page

Pharmacists are “absolutely the right people” to support patients who are looking to quit nicotine through vaping, health minister says  Fresh funding is being given to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) to provide training to pharmacists around the provision of nicotine vaping products, before scheduling changes come into effect on 1 October 2024.  This content is restricted to registered users only.

Apr 26, 2024 | bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Amy Page |Kenneth Lee |Georgie Lee |Hui Wen Quek

1 INTRODUCTION Age is one of the major risk factors for multimorbidity, commonly defined as the presence of multiple coexisting conditions.1 Older people are more likely to have multimorbidity than others due to age-related decline in functional status that increases the likelihood of developing chronic health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease.2, 3 Multimorbidity often leads to increased use of medications to control the symptoms and prevent complications.