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, one of our hosts will chat with an author from a recent issue of Australian Prescriber.
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Episode 114 – Rational prescribing: where are we now?
- 07 Sep 2021
- 19 min 30
- Transcript
Episode 114 – Rational prescribing: where are we now?
- 07 Sep 2021
- 19 min 30
- Transcript
David Liew talks to Rob Moulds about the challenges facing rational prescribing and quality use of medicines in Australia today. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber
Episode 113 – Managing insomnia in primary care
- 24 Aug 2021
- 16 min 53
- Transcript
Episode 113 – Managing insomnia in primary care
- 24 Aug 2021
- 16 min 53
- Transcript
Jo Cheah talks to sleep physician David Cunnington about how GPs and other primary health providers can help patients struggling with lack of sleep. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 112 – Ocular effects of oral drugs
- 10 Aug 2021
- 20 min 35
- Transcript
Episode 112 – Ocular effects of oral drugs
- 10 Aug 2021
- 20 min 35
- Transcript
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? Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 111 – Therapeutic Guidelines Pain and Analgesia
- 27 Jul 2021
- 20 min
- Transcript
Episode 111 – Therapeutic Guidelines Pain and Analgesia
- 27 Jul 2021
- 20 min
- Transcript
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.
Episode 110 – Drugs for secondary stroke prevention
- 20 Jul 2021
- 20 min 41
- Transcript
Episode 110 – Drugs for secondary stroke prevention
- 20 Jul 2021
- 20 min 41
- Transcript
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.
Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 109 – Updated anaphylaxis guidelines
- 06 Jul 2021
- 17 min 11
- Transcript
Episode 109 – Updated anaphylaxis guidelines
- 06 Jul 2021
- 17 min 11
- Transcript
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. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 108 – Opioid and antidepressant combinations
- 22 Jun 2021
- 12 min 22
- Transcript
Episode 108 – Opioid and antidepressant combinations
- 22 Jun 2021
- 12 min 22
- Transcript
Ashlea Broomfield chats to Varan Perananthan about prescribing opioids and antidepressants, and which combinations to avoid. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 107 – Hepatitis C elimination
- 08 Jun 2021
- 21 min 49
- Transcript
Episode 107 – Hepatitis C elimination
- 08 Jun 2021
- 21 min 49
- Transcript
David Liew chats with infectious diseases physician Dr Gregory Dore about the strategies required to achieve elimination of hepatitis C in Australia by 2030. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 106 – eTG Sexual and reproductive health guidelines
- 25 May 2021
- 22 min 53
- Transcript
Episode 106 – eTG Sexual and reproductive health guidelines
- 25 May 2021
- 22 min 53
- Transcript
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.
