Too Much Nasal Sprays for Relieving Allergy May Cause “Drug-Induced Rhinitis”
NewsToo Much Nasal Sprays for Relieving Allergy May Cause “Drug-Induced Rhinitis” Translator :Kuan-Wen Chen BBC, December 6, 2011 The nasal allergy symptoms is annoying, many people will go to the pharmacy to buy nasal sprays for ease physician.…
Promotion of Safety Drug Use by Inspects of Abandoned Medicines
NewsTo Maintain The Safety of Drugs Use,Taipei City Government Promotes The Inspects of Abandoned Medicines. Author: Yi-Chin Chang |National Education Radio] December 5, 2011 Translator: Kuan-Wen Chen In order to assure the citizens’ safety…
Local Production For Access to Medical Products
NewsPhase 1 of this project concentrates on identifying the main challenges and obstacles to local production of medical products and related technology transfer in developing countries. The aim of this work was to develop a framework that could…
Near Half of Mental Illness Patients Do Not Take Medication
News4 December 2011 Nearly half of the nation's mentally ill patients do not take their prescribed treatment, according to a recent survey released on Friday ahead of yesterday's International Day of Persons with Disabilities. About 45 percent of…
Asia Kids Show AIDS Drugs Resistance
News2 December 2011 HONG KONG -- Teenagers in Asia receiving treatment for HIV are showing early signs of osteoporosis and children as young as five are becoming resistant to AIDS drugs, an anti-AIDS group said on Thursday, urging more attention…
Australian Pharmacist Newsletter – Vol.30, No. 12, December 2011
NewsCombination use of methotrexate and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Methotrexate is a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other systemic rheumatic disorders.…
Meeting of the Pharmacy Board of Australia – 25 November 2011
NewsThe Pharmacy Board of Australia met on 25 November 2011 in Fremantle, Western Australia. Meeting in Western Australia The Board conducted its November meeting in Western Australia. The two day visit also provided an opportunity to meet with…
PGA Newsletter – Vol.1 No.29 November 2011
NewsGuild mourns passing of former National Councillor The Pharmacy Guild is mourning the passing last week of former National Councillor from South Australia, Barry Schultz (pictured left with Guild National President Kos Sclavos and Federal Minister…
Thirty Years Later, HIV Is Still Here
News23 November, 2011 At the end of 2010 it was estimated that there were about 34 million people living with HIV worldwide, and although global rates of HIV infection have fallen dramatically, there were still around 2.7 million new HIV infections…
PSA ACT Branch President Elected to Medicare Local
NewsACT Branch President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Professor Gabrielle Cooper, has been elected to the first ACT Medicare Local Board. Professor Cooper, who is Professor of Pharmacy, Associate Dean Clinical Engagement at the University…