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In 2017, drug addict Ramona Deane committed prescription fraud on a large scale, that entangled numerous pharmacists in south Auckland and Waikato. Before she was caught, Ms Deane was able to convince 37 pharmacists working at 21 different pharmacies to dispense a fake script for tramadol and metronidazole more than 60 times. Thirty-five pharmacists were investigated and four of them were charged with malpractice. In December, they appeared before the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. Pharmacy Today reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle attended the three-day hearing
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
