March 2010
Free prescriptions ignite passions
A west Auckland pharmacy has stirred a hornet’s nest by offering to fill prescriptions for free.
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Clean up recompense?
Pharmacists were expected to play a key part in recalling Marevan 3mg tablets last month, but what will they get for cleaning up someone else’s mistake?
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Aussie furore over pharmacy treatment of minor ailments
The current Aussie furore over the proposal to promote pharmacy as first port of call for treating minor ailments misses the point, the New Zealand Self Medication Industry Association says.
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New dean for Otago
Tales of fish hooks skilfully removed from fingers and the comings and goings of a small town pharmacy fascinated Stephen Duffull as a boy.
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Change of direction
After more than a decade as dean of the Otago University School of Pharmacy, Ian Tucker is moving on, but he is certainly not slowing down. He has a busy six months planned.
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No let up in the cases of rickets
A clinical review on vitamin D deficiency, published in a British journal, has renewed calls for vitamin D supplementation and fortification to prevent rickets in New Zealand.
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Homoeopathy “hokum” tested
Sceptics from New Zealand and the UK recently attempted to overdose. But nothing happened to any of the participants because they overdosed on homoeopathic remedies.
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