April 2019

Clinical problem-solving requires us to step back and take a broader, more holistic view of the patient, to explore any potential barriers that might prevent them achieving a mutually desired health outcome or goal.

A case involving dozens of pharmacists in the upper North Island dispensing an illegal prescription for popular painkiller tramadol and the antibiotic, metronidazole, has prominent pharmacists calling for more rapid uptake of electronic prescribing

After graduating from the University of Otago School of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Pharmacy, Laura Pidcock returned to Christchurch to start her first job. This month, she also starts a regular column in Pharmacy Today about her experiences as an intern

Owner of three Auckland pharmacies, Hee Seung Lee chats to reporter Miranda Cook about the main eye and ear conditions that can be treated with pharmacy products. 

Christchurch pharmacy intern Laura Pidcock shares her thoughts in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 15 March

When Gees Linctus and dextromethorphan-containing medicines were reclassified on 25 February, no one heard about it

Canterbury DHB has had to backtrack on an article published in its weekly newsletter which listed a specific pharmacy chain as a place where patients can get free nicotine replacement therapy

Police are investigating after fake prescriptions for the nerve pain medication gabapentin were presented at Southland pharmacies last month

Using his skills to serve his own people has always been a dream for pharmacist Kevin Pewhairangi