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The ongoing trial of the risk-based audit framework, which has seen 90 Auckland area pharmacies visited by unannounced auditors in recent months, has been a topic of controversy for pharmacists. The prevailing argument is that you don't need to worry if you aren't doing anything wrong, but others feel it is unfairly inconveniencing already stretched businesses. In a Pharmacy Today exclusive, reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle reveals the outcome of the new audits pilot.
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*
