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Social media sites are unwittingly fuelling illegal sales of prescription and illicit drugs in New Zealand. The web reaches an audience of incomprehensible size, making it hard for authorities to track what is
being sold. While some prescription item sales appear to be due to ignorance, pharmacists have grave concerns. Miranda Cook reports
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...
