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MANAGE THE SYMPTOMS OF YOUR COLD OR FLU WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS:
With news this week that winter flu season is in full swing, NPS MedicineWise is reminding Australians that for most people, resting and treating the symptoms is the best course of action when you have a cold or flu — and that’s because flu is caused by viruses, not bacteria, so antibiotics won’t help. NPS…
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Pharmacists Given Opportunity to Help Plan for the Future
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has launched a major survey seeking to gather information to help PSA position the profession for the delivery of more evidence-based professional services in the future. Chief Executive Officer of the PSA, Dr Lance Emerson, said the PSA was looking at the role of professional services in the Sixth Community…
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The new SV pharmacy in Turks and Caicos, Caribbean: The Family choice for all the people of the island!
Editor’s Note: This month we venture into a tourist service pharmacy in one of the world’s renowned tourist destinations. Apart from special tourist needs, the pharmacy itself has to survive special environmental pressures created by sun, wind, salt and sand. These challenges and more are everyday problems that the global company, Sartoretto Verna is able…
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Prepare for HIV Dispensing
FREE CPD for community pharmacists: get ready to dispense HIV meds Earlier this month, the Federal Minister for Health announced changes to the supply of HIV antiretroviral medicines that are subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and accessed under the Highly Specialised Drugs Programme. From 1 July 2015, consumers will be able to access these…