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With ever-changing rules for pharmacists, patients with complex requirements, and the constant need to manage relationships with staff and other health professionals, the dispensary can be a confusing place. Pharmacy Today’s Dispensing Wisdom helps pharmacists find answers to questions bothering them about daily practice. Three pharmacists at different career stages are willing to share their differing perspectives on pharmacy problems: Christchurch pharmacist Des Bailey, the new Pharmaceutical Society chief pharmacist advisor Chris Jay and young Taranaki pharmacist Deema Alusi. Our reader asks:
This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Current clinical guidelines emphasise the significance of having two Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) for individuals at risk of anaphylaxis.1*
