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
What’s on the horizon for pharmacy in 2020?
Sunday 1 December 2019, 03:00 AM
With intense competition from discounters entering the market, law changes enabling pharmacists to vaccinate for measles and prescribe melatonin to insomnia patients, 2019 has been a tumultuous year for pharmacy in New Zealand. But there is even greater change yet to come. Pharmacy Today reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle rounds up four impending legislative and regulatory changes expected for 2020
Medicinal cannabis, In December 2018, medicinal cannabis was legalised for terminally ill patients. This was intended as a bridging mechanism until a full medicinal canna