Managing pain and fever associated with childhood vaccination
Routine childhood vaccinations can sometimes be associated with mild adverse effects. Understanding how non-pharmacological strategies and medicines are used to treat pain or fever episodes in this patient cohort is essential.
Mental health missionary
Maria Cooper MPS, PSA’s South Australian Early Career Pharmacist of the Year, is on a mission to improve young pharmacists' mental health.
What happens when patient identification goes wrong?
Identifying patients should be a routine task, but missteps have occurred at an increased rate, sometimes leading to disaster.
Therapeutic Guidelines overhaul UTI treatment
Expansive changes have been made to the Therapeutic Guidelines on antibiotics, encompassing over 1,400 drug recommendations.
Is Australia heading for a massive measles outbreak?
There have been two deaths in the southwest US due to measles. Western Australia is facing a fresh outbreak. Are we next?
Stepping down safely: deprescribing gabapentinoids in practice
Pregabalin is used beyond its approved indications. Safety concerns means the focus is shifting to individualised deprescribing strategies.
