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
History man’s passion for the past
Friday 29 March 2019, 10:00 AM
Retired clinical pharmacist Euan Galloway at the graveside of a pharmacist who died in WW
From uncovering the stories of pharmacists who served in WWI to digging up annual reports from Pharmaceutical Society meetings held more than 100 years ago, retired Wellington pharmacist Euan Galloway has become the go-to guy for pharmacy history in New Zealand. He speaks to reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle
What got you interested in digging up the past?
I suppose going back, around about the 1980s when I was working as a hospital pharmacist, a lot of