Australian Prescriber Podcast
Australian Prescriber
The Australian Prescriber Podcast provides a regular dive into some of the many great articles that Australian Prescriber publishes every two months. In each episode, our host will chat with one of the authors from a recent issue of Australian Prescriber.
Episodes
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Sep 6, 2021 • 20min
E114 - Rational prescribing: where are we now?
David Liew talks to Rob Moulds about the challenges facing rational prescribing and quality use of medicines in Australia today.
Aug 23, 2021 • 17min
E113 – Managing insomnia in primary care
Jo Cheah talks to sleep physician David Cunnington about how GPs and other primary health providers can help patients struggling with lack of sleep.
Aug 9, 2021 • 21min
E112 – Ocular effects of oral drugs
Dhineli Perera chats with ophthalmologist Hemal Mehta about how commonly prescribed oral drugs can have adverse effects on the eye. What are the symptoms, and the drugs, you should watch out for?
Jul 26, 2021 • 20min
E111 – Therapeutic Guidelines Pain and Analgesia
Managing pain involves more than just analgesia, as reflected in the Therapeutic Guidelines' extensive revision of this topic. Justin Coleman chats to pain specialist Chris Hayes about the more holistic, multidimensional approach to pain management.
Jul 19, 2021 • 21min
E110 – Drugs for secondary stroke prevention
Over 40% of people who have a stroke have another one within 10 years. Dhineli Perera chats to clinical pharmacologist Chris Tremonti about the drugs used to lower the risk of a secondary ischaemic stroke or TIA.
Jul 5, 2021 • 17min
E109 – Updated anaphylaxis guidelines
Jo Cheah chats to Katie Frith about the latest updates to the anaphylaxis guidelines, and what this means for infants and children and positioning of the patient.
Jun 21, 2021 • 12min
E108 – Opioid and antidepressant combinations
Ashlea Broomfield chats to Varan Perananthan about prescribing opioids and antidepressants, and which combinations to avoid.
Jun 7, 2021 • 22min
E107 – Hepatitis C elimination
David Liew chats with infectious diseases physician Dr Gregory Dore about the strategies required to achieve elimination of hepatitis C in Australia by 2030.
May 24, 2021 • 23min
E106 – eTG Sexual and reproductive health guidelines
Justin Coleman chats with Medical Director of Family Planning NSW Deborah Bateson about the latest updates on sexual and reproductive health published by Therapeutic Guidelines. Their conversation covers the completely revised topic of contraception, endometriosis, infertility, menopause, medical abortion and, something for the blokes, testosterone deficiency.
May 10, 2021 • 16min
E105 – Naloxone for opioid toxicity and overdose
Two-thirds of the 1000 opioid-related deaths per year are from prescription opiates. Jo Cheah talks with medical director Marianne Jauncey about how important it is for people who are prescribed opiates, and also their carers, to be made aware of this easy-to-use, life-saving drug naloxone.
