Addiction

A pharmacy serving vulnerable patients is part of a ground-breaking model to alleviate homelessness, Paulette Crowley writes

Researchers point to lower COVID-19 vaccination rates for those with mental health and addiction problems, but pharmacy has helped reduce the gap. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Researchers point to lower COVID-19 vaccination rates for those with mental health and addiction problems, but pharmacy has helped reduce the gap. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The New Zealand Drug Foundation is asking the Medicines Classification Committee to improve access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversal medication naloxone

Almost 50 New Zealanders die of accidental opioid overdoses each year, some of them from prescription medications, a new report from the NZ Drug Foundation reveals

Naloxone can help prevent deaths from opioid overdoses and the NZ Drug Foundation says it should be readily available in pharmacy

Anna Lee talks to new Pharmacy Council chair Arthur Bauld about his remarkable journey

Anna Lee talks to new Pharmacy Council chair Arthur Bauld about his remarkable journey

Canterbury community pharmacies have begun using a shared electronic platform to better serve their patients on opioid substitution therapy and save time for clinicians

Canterbury community pharmacies have begun using a shared electronic platform to better serve their opioid substitution therapy patients and save time and energy for clinicians