Australian Prescriber podcast
Fortnightly interviews with the authors of Australian Prescriber articles
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 88 – Managing chronic leukaemias
- 22 Sep 2020
- 18 min
- Transcript
Episode 88 – Managing chronic leukaemias
- 22 Sep 2020
- 18 min
- Transcript
Life expectancy of chronic
leukaemia patients has greatly
improved. Jo Cheah interviews
Eric Li about the new drugs that
have made this possible. Read
the full article in
Australian
Prescriber.
Episode 87 – Potions and the dark arts: the latest from eTG Toxicology
- 15 Sep 2020
- 19 min
- Transcript
Episode 87 – Potions and the dark arts: the latest from eTG Toxicology
- 15 Sep 2020
- 19 min
- Transcript
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Justin Coleman interviews Venita Munir about the latest updates from Therapeutic Guidelines on all things toxic, including mushrooms, button batteries, paracetamol, snake and spider bites, and recreational drugs. |
Episode 86 - Deprescribing in older people
- 01 Sep 2020
- 11 min
- Transcript
Episode 86 - Deprescribing in older people
- 01 Sep 2020
- 11 min
- Transcript
Ashlea Broomfield interviews
Michelle Liacos about the safest
approaches to reducing
polypharmacy in older
people. Read
the full article in
Australian
Prescriber.
Episode 85 – Managing autoimmune disease during the pandemic
- 18 Aug 2020
- 22 min
- Transcript
Episode 85 – Managing autoimmune disease during the pandemic
- 18 Aug 2020
- 22 min
- Transcript
Should patients with rheumatic disease stop taking immunosuppressants during the COVID-19 pandemic? To find out, David Liew interviews rheumatologist Philip Robinson and infectious disease physician Evan Bursle. Read the full editorial in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 84 – Managing proteinuria
- 04 Aug 2020
- 15 min
- Transcript
Episode 84 – Managing proteinuria
- 04 Aug 2020
- 15 min
- Transcript
What do current guidelines
recommend? Ashlea
Broomfield interviews Akshay
Athavale about current treatment
guidelines for proteinuria, in
particular albuminuria. Combined
renin–angiotensin–aldosterone
inhibition is not
recommended. Read
the full article in
Australian
Prescriber.
Episode 83 – Dental pain management in primary care
- 14 Jul 2020
- 19 min
- Transcript
Episode 83 – Dental pain management in primary care
- 14 Jul 2020
- 19 min
- Transcript
What should a GP or pharmacist do
if a patient presents with
dental pain? Ashlea Broomfield
interviews Peter Parashos about
management of dental pain in
primary care. Read
the full article in
Australian
Prescriber.
Episode 82 – Immunosuppression for COVID-19
- 30 Jun 2020
- 13 min
- Transcript
Episode 82 – Immunosuppression for COVID-19
- 30 Jun 2020
- 13 min
- Transcript
Could immunosuppression help save
patients with severe COVID-19?
David Liew interviews Senthuran
Shivakumar about the different
strategies and medicines behind
this approach. Read
the full article in
Australian
Prescriber.
Episode 81 – Paediatric penicillins – getting the dose right
- 16 Jun 2020
- 12 min
- Transcript
Episode 81 – Paediatric penicillins – getting the dose right
- 16 Jun 2020
- 12 min
- Transcript
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Children are not
mini adults and
one dose does
not fit all.
Dhineli Perera
interviews
Brendan McMullan
about dosing
oral penicillins
in
children. Read
the full
article
in Australian
Prescriber. |
Episode 80 – Prescribing antiemetics
- 26 May 2020
- 17 min
- Transcript
Episode 80 – Prescribing antiemetics
- 26 May 2020
- 17 min
- Transcript
What and when should you prescribe for vomiting and nausea? Jo Cheah interviews Akshay Athavale about this sickly problem. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
