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EDITORIAL for Monday 17 September 2018
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 17 September 2018. For some time now, i2P has been providing information on the safety of vaccines, particularly those administered to children. And the body of information we have gathered and delivered to pharmacists indicates that there is something terribly wrong with…
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A National Community Pharmacy Minor Ailment Program – Scotland is there, Australia is where?
The UK has long been a beacon, lighting the way for pharmacists to be fully integrated into the healthcare team through clinical expertise. Scotland in particular has been very successful in gaining political support and recognition for pharmacy expertise, actual and potential. Community pharmacy in the UK and Australia has long been a first resource…
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Is Wellness Getting a Bad Rap?
How involved are you in your patient’s understanding of feeling well? Do you walk the talk in this arena? Let’s face it, “wellness” isn’t going to go away despite some of the medical backlash. In my view, wellness is at the intersection of science, medicine, and health. Simply, wellness means health and happiness. No matter…
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Culture wars: a child’s “medical right” to change gender in the Brave New World
“Gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder (GID) is the dysphoria (distress) a person experiences as a result of the sex and gender they were assigned at birth.” (Wikipedia) “Technocracy is shaping a new world based on twisting morality into pseudoscientific “facts” that demand compliance.It’s a hoax on a grand scale.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport) Government programs to teach…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1. The Vaccine Reaction: New Supercharged Shingles Vaccine Has Serious Problems 2. Vactruth: Fertility-Regulating Vaccines Being Tested in India 3. NewsTarget: MORE studies confirm the link between childhood vaccines and autism
1. The Vaccine Reaction: New Supercharged Shingles Vaccine Has Serious Problems STORY HIGHLIGHTS Shingrix, a new high antigen vaccine designed to prevent shingles (herpes zoster), is produced by GlaxoSmithKline and is being aggressively marketed for adults over age 50. Approved for use in October 2017, the new vaccine is competing with Merck’s shingles vaccine, Zostavax, and there…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. The Lancet Blog: Bad batch: synthetic marijuana overdoses on the rise 2. cannabis tech: Driving Toward A Greener Future With Hemp Biofuels 3. 420 Intel: Australia pushes for easier cannabis access in face of “hidden” opioid epidemic
1. The Lancet Blog: Bad batch: synthetic marijuana overdoses on the rise New Haven, Connecticut, faced over 100 overdoses from the drug K2 between Tuesday and Thursday, Aug 14-16, 2018, mostly in and around New Haven Green, a large park in the downtown of the city near Yale University campus. The rash of overdoses overwhelmed New Haven…
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MARKETING FOCUS – 1. GOOD SERVICE 2. COMPROMISED BY ASSOCIATION – WITH LAWYERS, ACCOUNTANTS, BANKERS AND RECRUITERS 3. AUTHORITY TO FAIL 4. THE LOST ARTS – Of Prospecting and “Closing” Sales 5. GOING TO HELL – In a One-use Plastic Bag
1. GOOD SERVICE By what measure? There is a new dawning, and more hopefully, an awakening that many currently applied matrices related to customer service are not truly reflective of consumer experiences, or indicative of their collective satisfaction levels. Celebrations that echo through the corridors of corporate and public service power are, in many instances,…
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Getting Unstuck Means Sticking to a Plan
Three men were in a pickup truck driving in the woods when they became stuck in the mud. The driver became angry and began to shout and curse. He pounded on the steering wheel and then sat fuming about their bad luck. The second man climbed out of the truck and took refuge in the…
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ASMI Media Release – ACMS to consider MR Paracetamol up-schedule
ACMS to consider MR Paracetamol up-schedule 31 August 2018 Late yesterday, the TGA requested that the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS) consider up-scheduling modified-release (MR) paracetamol from S2 to S3. The TGA’s proposal will not affect consumer access to immediate-release paracetamol products which are currently available for self-selection in grocery and pharmacy. Scheduling decisions,…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Steve Morris welcomed as new NPS MedicineWise Chief Executive Officer 2. PPIs in GORD: Supporting patients to step down 3. Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir for hepatitis C 4. Australian Prescriber
MEDICINEWISE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2018 1. Steve Morris welcomed as new NPS MedicineWise Chief Executive Officer It’s a funny thing taking over the leadership of an organisation that has been personally influential throughout one’s own career. When I first moved to Australia from the UK in 2009 I was already familiar with the then National Prescribing Service and an…