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Good Pharmacy Practice – It solves the Problems of Moving Forward
Pharmacy Practice is undergoing a review process in Australia because the primary source of income (the PBS) for community pharmacy has reached the end of its life-cycle. The future of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme indeed looks bleak so re-modelling of dispensing services is unavoidable. Many aspects of Australian pharmacy practice have been one of the best…
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Education – Bring it on!
I continue to be amazed at the options available to give better results to our patients. No more is this evident in the area of complementary medicines. Young pharmacists to whom I speak give me the impression that complementary medicines are unproven, unprofessional and almost “beneath” them from a patient care perspective. What they are…
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Accessing Medical Marijuana
Australia really does have a peculiar poisons regulation system, particularly when you want to access a non-psychoactive version of medical cannabis, in the form of hemp. According to this outpatient alcohol rehab, although doctors can now legally prescribe medical marijuana they can only do so if they register at the federal and state levels for…
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The University stands by Anti-Vaccination PhD Thesis
Editor’s Note: Gradually, the hoaxes involving the production of new vaccines (such as Zika virus vaccines) and the global networks that front for these activities, are slowly being made transparent. The shadowy footprint of Big Pharma allegedly seems to be both the facilitator of negative publicity that promotes its marketing objectives, and the provider of funds (directly and…
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Why are there no Medical Whistleblowers?
Editor’s Note: John Rappoport is a well known US investigative journalist.He perfected his craft through well known media networks that are simply described as “mainstream”.Like many of his peer group he has had to observe with dismay, the dismantling and corruption of his profession.His moral compass took over and he joined what is now called…
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The Pharmacist Advocate – Happenings in a Global Pharmacy on its way to you!
Editor’s Note: In March 2016 i2P published an article by Peter Sayers regarding the globalisation of Australian community pharmacies (read http://i2p.com.au/understanding-the-impacts-of-a-global-pharmacy-invasion/ ). We also published well before the last election that Medicare privatisation issues would became the focus of that election and that the election would be basically fought on health. Future elections are likely to keep…
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Asthma Perceptions
I know that we’ve come out smelling of roses in the ethics survey this week, but our role in managing inhaler technique in asthma is under a cloud. 90 % or so of people with asthma don’t use their inhalers correctly, according to research released by the National Asthma Council. I don’t believe that this…
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To the ABC Complaints Department
Dear Mr. Maley, Further to my previous communication (13 July 2016) I would like to present you with this conclusive evidence that mandatory vaccination policies in Australia’s social welfare policy represent a danger to public health. Here is a link to Peter McIntyre’s (director of the NCIRS) own admission that the government has never collected…
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What Does BREXIT mean for Australia in a Health Context
That BREXIT appeared to take everyone by surprise is an understatement, with analysts still struggling to establish a pattern or trend that gives a full meaning to this new phenomenon. As Newton discovered “To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” so if BREXIT was the “equal and opposite reaction” what was the…
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Mean girls who impede the success of other women
Editor’s Note: My generation has long lived with the concept of the “glass ceiling” for women in senior management positions and as pharmacy owners. I have never personally felt that I was discriminatory against women in any workplace situation that I was involved with, but I guess that is really for others to judge. But…