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With decision-makers including health minister Andrew Little talking seriously about implementing a minor ailments scheme for pharmacy, Jonathan Chilton-Towle spoke to Scottish pharmacist Bernadette Brown about her experience of working in a health system that already has an entrenched pharmacy-based programme
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*
