Angelo Pricolo, Author at AJP Australian Journal of Pharmacy Mon, 20 May 2024 09:30:49 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-ajp_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Angelo Pricolo, Author at AJP 32 32 Don’t worry about the stickers… /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/dont-worry-about-the-stickers/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/dont-worry-about-the-stickers/#disqus_thread Tue, 21 May 2024 01:19:01 +0000 /?p=164281 Pharmacists are in an invidious position when combating erroneous or confusing medicine labels, with consumers, manufacturers and regulators all seeming to make the job more difficult There is no doubt ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/dont-worry-about-the-stickers/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/44768154_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Hi, I’m your pharmacist! /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/hi-im-your-pharmacist/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/hi-im-your-pharmacist/#disqus_thread Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:59:09 +0000 /?p=163191 Hi, I’m your pharmacist and I’m not ignoring you it’s just that I’m pretty focused on my job at the moment  Although you may not really understand all that this ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/hi-im-your-pharmacist/feed/ 9 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-856420726.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 First pasta post /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/first-pasta-post/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/first-pasta-post/#disqus_thread Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:02:17 +0000 /?p=161431 A look into the art, science and health qualities of that quintessentially Italian dish: pasta    No food defines Italy more than pasta. Well, maybe pizza. But this article is ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/first-pasta-post/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pasta.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 No more for the favourite /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/no-more-for-the-favourite/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/no-more-for-the-favourite/#disqus_thread Mon, 19 Feb 2024 06:51:19 +0000 /?p=160345 Gambling is big business. It’s fun for some and can manufacture hope and happiness. But for many it induces hopelessness and despair, writes Angelo Pricolo We are surrounded by advertisements ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/no-more-for-the-favourite/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/42323913_l-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1 Stepping over the line /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/stepping-over-the-line/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/stepping-over-the-line/#disqus_thread Mon, 22 Jan 2024 08:15:45 +0000 /?p=159123 Administration of Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine injections by pharmacists has been a ‘quantum shift’ in the profession’s scope of practice  Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine (LAIB) has been a revolution in ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/stepping-over-the-line/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1158843428_resize.jpg?fit=1773%2C1182&ssl=1 From 20 to zero: the Supercare backflip /news/from-20-to-zero-the-supercare-backflip/ /news/from-20-to-zero-the-supercare-backflip/#disqus_thread Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:40:31 +0000 /?p=157404 Angelo Pricolo laments the end of funding for Victoria’s 24-hour Supercare pharmacies In a massive backflip that legendary Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci would be proud of, the Victorian state government ...

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]]> /news/from-20-to-zero-the-supercare-backflip/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/118742389_m_normal_none.jpg?fit=1212%2C805&ssl=1 The OTC top 10 /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/the-otc-top-10/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/the-otc-top-10/#disqus_thread Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:21:53 +0000 /?p=156961 Have you ever wondered what are the biggest selling over-the-counter products around the country? There’s some surprises when you look at the top 10 best sellers  1. Sugar… The biggest ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/the-otc-top-10/feed/ 12 https://i1.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/42231348_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 The 60 day gladiator /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/the-60-day-gladiator/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/the-60-day-gladiator/#disqus_thread Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:21:19 +0000 /?p=155939 How to become a pharmacy gladiator, or ‘pharmiator’ and confront head on the threats facing community pharmacy What turns us into gladiators? Like a metamorphosis, the formation of a butterfly ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/the-60-day-gladiator/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gladiator2.jpg?fit=673%2C518&ssl=1 Coffee culture /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/coffee-culture/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/coffee-culture/#disqus_thread Sat, 30 Sep 2023 03:01:32 +0000 /?p=154956 A pharmacist offers his prescription for the best possible coffee culture Many years ago, coffee in Australia was as foreign as the people who drank it. Tea ruled supreme. Now ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/coffee-culture/feed/ 15 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/coffee-4334647_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1 Surprise! /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/surprise/ /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/surprise/#disqus_thread Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:33:33 +0000 /?p=149741 With only a couple of weeks before it’s due to begin, Angelo Pricolo looks at the national ODT (Opioid Dependence Treatment) Community Pharmacy program… and wonders about the detail Sometimes ...

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]]> /in-depth/tales-from-the-frontline/surprise/feed/ 5 https://i0.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-689294078.jpg?fit=2024%2C1463&ssl=1 What’s wrong with drug packaging? /in-depth/opinion/whats-wrong-drug-packaging/ /in-depth/opinion/whats-wrong-drug-packaging/#disqus_thread Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:23:49 +0000 /?p=47707 Life would be so much easier—and safer—if drug packaging was designed with pharmacists in mind, writes Angelo Pricolo Sometimes we walk around the dispensary looking at things and wonder why ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/whats-wrong-drug-packaging/feed/ 8 https://i2.wp.com/¸Û²Ê¿ª½±/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dispensary.jpg?fit=639%2C426&ssl=1 The lessons we can learn from students /in-depth/opinion/lessons-can-learn-students/ /in-depth/opinion/lessons-can-learn-students/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:39:56 +0000 /?p=45177 Pharmacy needs to engage with, and learn from, its future health professionals, writes Angelo Pricolo It was a privilege to have the opportunity to address the National Australian Pharmacy Students ...

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