Australian Prescriber

Australian Prescriber is an independent peer-reviewed journal providing critical commentary on drugs and therapeutics for health professionals.

  • Volume 43 Issue 6

  • December 2020

HIV diagnoses in Australia fall as clinicians embrace pre-exposure prophylaxis

HIV diagnoses in Australia fall as clinicians embrace pre-exposure prophylaxis
Editorial
Nicholas A Medland, Andrew E Grulich
  • 1 December 2020
  • Podcast - HIV diagnoses in Australia fall as clinicians embrace pre-exposure prophylaxis

Pre-exposure prophylaxis has revolutionised the management of HIV
Article

The role of drugs in the treatment of autism

The role of drugs in the treatment of autism
Article

The role of drugs in the treatment of autism

Melanie Turner
  • 1 December 2020

Drugs are not effective for treating autism, but can help with common comorbidities
Article

Management of postsurgical pain in the community

Management of postsurgical pain in the community
Article

Management of postsurgical pain in the community

Ross MacPherson, Gavin Pattullo
  • 1 December 2020

It is important for patients being discharged from hospital after surgery to have a pain-management plan
Article

Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV

Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
Article

Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV

Mark Bloch
  • 1 December 2020

Pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection – find out who is suitable and how it should be prescribed
Article

Treatment of vulvovaginitis

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Article

Treatment of vulvovaginitis

Cate Sheppard
  • 1 December 2020
  • Podcast - Treatment of vulvovaginitis
Article

Updated Australian guidelines for mild asthma: what’s changed and why?

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Article

Updated Australian guidelines for mild asthma: what’s changed and why?

Helen K Reddel
  • 1 December 2020
Diagnostic tests

Testing for COVID‑19

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Diagnostic tests

Testing for COVID‑19

Anna Brischetto, Jenny Robson
  • 1 December 2020
  • Podcast - Testing for COVID‑19
Top 10 drugs

Top 10 drugs 2019–20

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Top 10 drugs

Top 10 drugs 2019–20

  • 1 December 2020
Med Aust code conduct

Medicines Australia Code of Conduct: breaches 2019–20

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Med Aust code conduct

Medicines Australia Code of Conduct: breaches 2019–20

  • 1 December 2020
Letters to the Editor

Deprescribing in older people: helpful tools and proton pump inhibitors

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Letters to the Editor

Deprescribing in older people: helpful tools and proton pump inhibitors

Ajay K Shukla, Michelle Liacos, Amy Theresa Page, Christopher Etherton-Beer
  • 1 December 2020
Latest news

New label advice for antibiotics

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Latest news

New label advice for antibiotics

  • 1 December 2020
Correction

Prescribing medicinal cannabis [Correction]

Medicinal-cannabis
Correction

Prescribing medicinal cannabis [Correction]

  • 1 December 2020

New drugs

Dinutuximab beta for neuroblastoma

  • 1 December 2020

Entrectinib for non-small cell lung cancer and solid tumours

  • 1 December 2020

Lorlatinib for non-small cell lung cancer

  • 1 December 2020

Polatuzumab vedotin for B-cell lymphoma

  • 1 December 2020

Early release

Article

COVID‑19 vaccines – are we there yet?

  • 17 December 2020
New drug

Cannabidiol for epilepsy (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome)

  • 17 December 2020
New drug

Caplacizumab for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

  • 17 December 2020
New drug

Midodrine for orthostatic hypotension

  • 17 December 2020

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