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Pharmacist and entrepreneur Brendon McIntosh now has a business award to add to his long list of achievements. He spoke with Paulette Crowley about delivering free services to Māori patients, taking the blood pressure of sheep shearers, rescuing a hemp business lost in the pandemic and bringing up four young children while completing a master’s degree
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
Current clinical guidelines emphasise the significance of having two Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) for individuals at risk of anaphylaxis.1*
