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
Up in smoke: Helping patients with COPD
Thursday 30 May 2019, 10:00 AM
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive disease
that is almost completely avoidable: most cases are caused by
smoking. Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney looks at
medications and shares tips from the field to help your patients
John walks into your pharmacy
surrounded by his usual miasma
of stale tobacco smoke, and
boldly proclaims that the time
has come, he wants to quit