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With Chemist Warehouse bursting onto the scene late last year offering zero prescription fees, prescription pricing has again become a topic of conversation. After working as a pharmacy wholesaler for 10 years, and in health in general for 35 years, pharmacy sector observer Anna Mickell has a few ideas on what works and what doesn’t. She gives her opinion on why prescription prices need to be controlled by DHBs
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
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
