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
Get the right information on natural health products
Thursday 24 August 2017, 12:59 PM
There are many ways pharmacists and our patients get information on natural therapies. In fact, it’s hard to avoid this information as we see stories
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