In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Awkward Corner: Away with anxiety
Wednesday 3 October 2018, 10:00 AM
Pharmacy staff are well versed in dealing with customers’ embarrassing issues from ponging pits to bad breath and spotty skin. They are required to walk the line between tactful behaviour and getting to the heart of the matter. Emma Jarman, retail counter manager at Auckland’s Life Pharmacy Sylvia Park, discusses her approach to anxiety disorders with reporter Nerine Zoio
No one can say that they haven’t experienced anxiety; it’s part and parcel of the human condition.
However, for some, anxiety can become so severe