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 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.
Episode 79 – COVID-19 and the quality use of medicines
- 13 May 2020
- 24 min
- Transcript
Episode 79 – COVID-19 and the quality use of medicines
- 13 May 2020
- 24 min
- Transcript
Currently all prescribing for COVID-19 is experimental. David Liew interviews Darren Roberts about the latest developments. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 78 – Oral or intravenous antibiotics
- 05 May 2020
- 14 min
- Transcript
Episode 78 – Oral or intravenous antibiotics
- 05 May 2020
- 14 min
- Transcript
Dhineli Perera interviews Minyon Avent about what needs to be considered when choosing between oral and intravenous antibiotics. Is one form better than the other? Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
Episode 77 – Ethical prescribing, hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19
- 22 Apr 2020
- 25 min
- Transcript
Episode 77 – Ethical prescribing, hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19
- 22 Apr 2020
- 25 min
- Transcript
David Liew interviews Ian Coombes (pictured) and Andrew Redmond about the dangers of using unproven medicines for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.
