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Medical Marijuana Creates Clinical and Financial Opportunity for Pharmacists
The Australian Government intends to amend the Narcotic Drugs Act to allow cannabis to be grown for medicine or science and ensure that Australia is not in breach of international drug treaties. In Australia currently Cannabis is prohibited or otherwise managed through Drug Scheduling: (a) when separately specified in these Schedules; or (b) processed hemp…
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Medical Marijuana and its Positive Possibilities for Pharmacy
The case for legalising marijuana for medical purposes has been tested – and has been won (Victoria has set in motion the regulatory arrangements for this to happen in their state-others will follow). Now it’s the turn of the regulators who have the problem of separating legal use from illegal use. As more research is…
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PSA Media Releases – Pharmacists have a real role in advising on use of complementary medicines
September 10, 2015 Pharmacists have a real role in advising on use of complementary medicines The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the peak organisation representing pharmacists across all sectors of the profession, has issued a position statement recognising that complementary medicines may have a role in the management or treatment of some conditions and that pharmacists…
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Vitamin C Infusions – where’s the evidence?
Soon after finding an engorged tick in my hair, during a recent visit to northern New South Wales, I found myself nursing a sore head in the waiting room of a busy ‘Integrative Medicine Clinic’. This was not the first time I had experienced a tick bite, so, as a cancer patient concerned about infection,…
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Vitamins and Surgery: The Real Story A Report from the Front. Well, Maybe a Bit Lower.
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 24, 2015 Over 100 million Americans will undergo surgery this year, and I was one of them. Not a big deal: a routine outpatient hernia repair, caused by sure-I-can-lift-that-extremely-heavy-box syndrome, the tendency towards which is almost certainly carried on the Y chromosome. In their personalized how-to-prepare-for-surgery instructions, both the surgeon…
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Clinical Pharmacy – a US Working Model
There is an excellent US publication available online and its title is “Drug Topics”. I probably have some affinity because the range of topics discussed ranges from pharmacy management to clinical pharmacy, somewhat similar to material published in i2P. One recent article caught my eye, and it was titled: The new pharmacy: Revenue streams, Part…
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Supermarket Comparisons – are they individually different?
i2P began reporting on Aldi well before they opened their first store in Australia and it has always been favourable. They are renowned for their constant attention to detail in designing their internal systems and their continual auditing of costs. They also tend to put cost savings back into their retail prices. And by putting…
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Zinc and kidney stones
New research on kidney stone formation reveals that zinc levels might contribute to an increased risk. Research from the University of California, published in PLOS ONE opens a new perspective into the cause of urinary stones and related diseases. We all have patients who are prone to kidney stones. Once you’ve developed a first stone,…
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When it comes to cancer – who are the brave ones?
The recent death of Jessica Ainscough, the ‘Wellness Warrior’, sparked headlines that she was ‘brave‘. Suffering from a rare, slowly growing cancer, she rejected a drastic, but potentially life-saving medical treatment. She embraced ‘alternative medicine’. Two other beautiful young women, Amanda Rootsey and Belle Gibson, were also praised for ‘bravely’ fighting cancer ‘naturally’. Is that…
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Plant extracts offer hope against diabetes and cancer
Diabetes is the fastest growing metabolic disease in the world. A new study has shown that traditional Aboriginal and Indian plant extracts could be used to manage the disease and may also have potential use in cancer treatment. Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology identified plant species that could potentially be applied in the management…