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United in Compassion – Medical Marijuana and Dan’s Story
Editor’s Note: As most i2P subscribers would know, we carry a range of information on diverse topics, one of which is medical marijuana. i2P has been encouraging pharmacists to become engaged with medical marijuana as Cannabis Directory Australia does because of the promise of major health benefits, also a product that could impact on the…
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Medical Maijuana – will Australian Community Pharmacies consider the legislation of Uruguay?
Ministers in the South American country Uruguay have voted in support of a new law, known as 19.172 and enacted in December 2013, to permit marijuana to be sold for non-medicinal use. They also accepted the offer by Uruguay’s community pharmacy owners to sell the drug through their outlets. The community pharmacy owners argue that community pharmacies…
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Consumerism, health care costs and patient-centred “homes”
Health objectives in Australia are shifting from fee for service models to capitation models in a bid to simultaneously improve quality and reduce costs. The idea of a patient-centred “home” led by a doctor is touted as the principal model of care. i2P has always pointed to the fact that any business model led by…
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Three Bioethicists Critical of Pharmacy Retailing
Three bioethicists have combined to criticise the concept of community pharmacy conducting retail front of shop activities, while simultaneously working in the best interests of the patient. Their comments are published in Croakey here. The bioethicists, Wendy Lipworth, Christopher Mayes and Ian Kerridge (all medical academics attached to the University of Sydney) discuss what is…
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The Balance Tips for Better Health – Major Chemical Companies are to be Held Accountable
On December 14, 2015 i2P published an article regarding the setting up of an International Citizen’s Tribunal (titled the Monsanto Tribunal) that was designed to prosecute the crime of “ecocide” as practiced by Monsanto and associated global chemical manufacturers. While not recognised legally, it will provide a court of public opinion based on evidence and…
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Herd Immunity is Hypothesis Based On Natural Infection – Not Vaccination Pseudoscience
We have known for decades that getting the childhood diseases naturally results in a permanent immunity (herd immunity) to the specific microorganism. Getting the vaccines results in a temporary immunity, meaning that susceptibility is deferred and repeated booster shots will be required for the ENTIRE life of the individual. The herd immunity hypothesis states that…
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The King Review and Complementary Medicines
The King Review poses some interesting questions to Australians about the role of community pharmacy, and more especially the pharmacist, in selling, recommending and prescribing complementary medicines. If you feel that you can play a role in advising your patients on this modality, then get active……. If you don’t, then your patients will miss out,…
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November 1 – D-Day for Medical Cannabis
Medicinal cannabis will become legal, but strictly controlled from November this year, under a formal decision reached by the Therapeutic Goods Administration this week. The final decision was published on Wednesday, paving the way for the drug to be legalised for medicinal use, as the federal government works towards creating a national regulator. Clinical trials have shown…
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It’s The Tip Of An Iceberg
Editor’s Note: A few months ago i2P promised to do some background research on the state of the pharmaceutical industry and other health professions and why there seemed to be an underlying culture of disruption and suppression, particularly in policies surrounding issues like vaccination. A general unease that all is not right with the world,…
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OMNS – Supplements Are Safe: Who Is Lying to You Now?
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 12, 2016 by Helen Saul Case Once again, the media threatens the public with the false notion that supplements of essential nutrients and minerals are dangerous and should be treated “like a medication.”[1] (And doesn’t “treat it like a medication” just reinforce the point that prescription drugs are dangerous? But I digress.) Bad…