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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy: Balancing Hormones Naturally

Hormonal imbalances can have a significant impact on our overall well-being, affecting everything from our mood and energy levels to our reproductive health. In recent years, there has been growing interest in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) as a natural and effective approach to rebalancing hormones. Let’s take a closer look at BHRT and its […]

Understanding Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Understanding Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy

How Compounding Pharmacies are Revolutionizing Healthcare

In recent years, compounding pharmacies have emerged as a crucial player in the healthcare landscape, revolutionizing the way medications are prepared and administered. These pharmacies offer customized solutions for patients with unique medication needs, filling a vital gap in the healthcare system. By tailoring medications to individual patients, compounding pharmacies contribute significantly to improving patient […]

The Importance of Personalized Medicine: The Power of Compounding

Introduction: In the rapidly advancing field of medicine, a revolutionary concept has emerged that is transforming the way we approach healthcare: personalized medicine. This ground-breaking approach recognizes that every individual is unique, and tailors medical treatments to suit their specific needs. At the heart of this paradigm shift lies the power of compounding, with compounding […]

Compounding Pharmacists Fill the Gap Created by Antibiotic Shortage
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If there’s one thing that the current antibiotic shortage in Australia has taught us, it’s the critical role compounding pharmacists continue to play in our society when supply chains fail. With supplies of the commonly prescribed oral antibiotic medication, amoxicillin, at dangerously low levels across the country, compounding pharmacists have been called on to make […]

It’s not just lettuce, critical medications are also in short supply

Floods may have decimated vegetable crops in Australia, however it’s the ricochet of worldwide pandemic-related issues that is now depleting pharmacy shelves of some of their most popular and important medications. And as tensions continue with China – the world’s largest and most dominant producer of pharmaceuticals – that situation may only get worse. As […]

Why Zinc Lozenges Kill a Cold Quicker than Zinc Tablets
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When researcher George Eby’s daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of three, he knew that keeping colds and flus at bay while she underwent treatment was going to be an important task. Eventually the little girl did contract a cold and was given a zinc tablet to support her weakened immune system as […]

Toxic Impurities Discovered in Anti-Smoking Drugs in Australia
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9 November 2021 The TGA has just announced (9 Nov 2021) it is urgently working with international regulatory bodies to investigate new cases of nitrosamine impurities discovered in commercially manufactured medication. This latest discovery comes after N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), and other nitrosamines, were found in blood pressure ‘sartan’ medication in July 2018. And now the impurity […]

The future of pharmacy in a post Covid Australia

The Covid-19 crisis has taken Australia’s pharmacy sector on a roller coaster ride in recent months with no one able to say for sure what the future of the industry will look like. However what is almost certain is that pharmacy will not simply go ‘back to normal’ once the coronavirus pandemic is declared contained. […]

What to say when customers try panic buying medication

Over the past few weeks almost every pharmacy in the country has had customers trying to panic buy medication. Most of these customers are well-meaning, but they’re worried. Worried that shipments of medicine from overseas will abruptly stop, or worried that all the other panic-buyers will have already emptied pharmacy shelves when next they present […]

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