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
Pharmacists urged to trust COVID vaccine, after survey reveals hesitancy
Thursday 1 April 2021, 03:30 AM
Gemma Perry, owner of Sanders Pharmacy in Te Awamutu, was excited to receive her COVID-19 shot last month. “This feels like a pretty good step towards normality to me!” she wrote on Facebook.
A Pharmacy Today online survey reveals some anxiety about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine and other concerns about logistics and overload from the population-wide rollout of the vaccination programme
The arrival of the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine has failed to gladden the hearts of all pharmacy staff who responded to Pharmacy Today’s online surve, Covid-19 vaccine pie graph results - April 2021, Source: Pharmacy Today online survey