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EDITORIAL for Monday 21 August 2017
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 21 August 2017. I have to say that I was deeply saddened as I awoke to the news of the confirmation of the death of Australian boy, Julian Cadman, the seven-year-old killed in last Thursday’s terror attack in Barcelona, in Spain. It now…
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Pharmacists are primary in healthcare and its economics
One of the most successful marketing slogans ever developed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA) was: “Ask your family chemist – he knows!” The public response to it was massive and just seemed to hit the right nerve. Its popularity eventually irritated the medical profession who couldn’t understand how a pharmacist might know more…
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Clinical Services – What Patients Will Pay For
Pharmacists have always been well regarded by their patients for their ability to deliver health literacy programs, over the counter in semi-private spaces in roughly three to five minute segments. Generally, this service has been delivered free of charge and it has formed a nearly invisible component of “core” business. Only invisible because it was free,…
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Statin Therapy – A new Low?
I have a 90 year-old female patient who is physically OK but starting to face the reality of dementia. She showed me the “lovely” invitation from her GP to enroll in the StaREE trial. StaREE is the acronym (don’t you love them!) for “Statins in Reducing Events in the Elderly”. A quaint idea, brilliantly conceived…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. The Canna-Nanna Movement 2. Peer Reviewed Journal “Cannabis & Cannabinoid Research” 3. Lucy Haslam Petition
1. Greendorphin Aug. 16th, 2017: Australia’s Canna Nanna’s Movement – Aussie Grandmas with Big Vision for Cannabis When remarkable women unite behind a noble cause, mountains move easily and seemingly impossible results are achieved.Being a woman comes with wonderful qualities that are not just essential to be a loving and devoted partner and mother, and…
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Safe Vaccines Debate – 1. World Mercury Project: MMR & Glyphosate 2. Jon Rappoport: Interview with Vaxxed producer who was just banned from Australia 3. The Dr Judy Wilyman Report: 1. Newsletter #168 – Censorship and Indoctrination on Vaccination in Australia 2. Open Letter -University of Wollongong 3. Newsletter #169 – Newsletter # 169 Richard Di Natale (Greens) and John Cunningham and the Removal of Medical Freedom in Australia
1. World Mercury Project (Robert Kennedy): Weeding Out Vaccine Toxins: MMR, Glyphosate, and the Health of a Generation Aug. 16th, 2017 By Dr. Stephanie Seneff Glyphosate, often sold under the brand name “Roundup,” is the most widely used weed killer in the U.S. Glyphosate is a “non-selective herbicide,” which means it kills many plants, not just weeds.…
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Sales techniques that work as hard as you do
Whether you run your own business or work for a company in a sales-related role, you’re always looking for sales techniques that work. I’ve developed and learned many over the years from readers providing great advice. One person advised me to ask yes and yes questions. He worked for Hyatt and asked himself, “What else…
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PSA Media Releases 1. Support for Real-Time Monitoring 2. Bob Buckham – New Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy and Innovation
1. Pharmacists support real-time monitoring across Australia August 9, 2017 New legislation to deliver a real-time prescription monitoring system in Victoria has been welcomed by the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Legislation introduced into the Victorian Parliament yesterday will establish the legislative framework for a Victorian real-time monitoring system. PSA…
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ASMI Media Releases – New Self Care Models Needed to Help Consumers Help Themselves to Health
New self-care models needed to help consumers help themselves to health 11 August 2017 Ageing populations, rising healthcare expenditure and lifestyle diseases have combined to create a pressing need for new models and mechanisms that will encourage and enable consumers to better self-manage their health – yet Australia has no formal policy of self-care. This…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Medicine Misuse 2. Australian Prescriber early release
Medicine misuse can happen to anyone The 7th annual Be Medicinewise Week is on this 21-27 August 2017, promoting the safe and wise use of medicines. This year we are reminding Australians that medicine misuse can happen to anyone. What is medicine misuse? If people are NOT taking medicines as directed then they may be misusing…