Oct 1, 2018
An excellent resource created by the team at the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, published by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Medication-related guidance includes: Carefully...
Oct 1, 2018
With up to 1 in 10 adult patients claiming to be allergic to penicillin, an excellent resource has been published, addressing the management of those affected. Read more at the website of UW Health – the full resource can be viewed here
Oct 1, 2018
One complication associated with previously prescribed chemotherapy regimens is cardiotoxicity, which can prove to be dose limiting. Although newer agents (e.g. the tyrosine kinase inhibitors) are now widely used, the cardiac safety profile of these drugs has as yet...
Oct 1, 2018
Researchers from Great Britain have demonstrated that the presence of a clinical pharmacist based in 16 urban GP practices (total of 69 GPs ) had definitive benefits. Pharmacists dealt with special requests (for acute prescriptions created and issued by a GP without...
