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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 118 – Pharma sponsorship of health consumer groups
- 02 Nov 2021
- 15 min 38
- Transcript
Episode 118 – Pharma sponsorship of health consumer groups
- 02 Nov 2021
- 15 min 38
- Transcript
Could patient groups be compromised by accepting pharmaceutical industry sponsorship? Ashlea Broomfield chats with clinical researcher Lisa Parker. Read the full editorial in Australian Prescriber.

Episode 117 – Hypertension in pregnancy
- 19 Oct 2021
- 17 min 16
- Transcript
Episode 117 – Hypertension in pregnancy
- 19 Oct 2021
- 17 min 16
- Transcript
Jo Cheah chats with nephrologist
George Mangos about high blood
pressure disorders that can
occur during pregnancy, and how
best to manage them. Read
the full article in
Australian
Prescriber.

Episode 116 – Vitamins and minerals: how safe are they?
- 05 Oct 2021
- 19 min 19
- Transcript
Episode 116 – Vitamins and minerals: how safe are they?
- 05 Oct 2021
- 19 min 19
- Transcript
Ashlea Broomfield chats with clinical pharmacist Geraldine Moses about the potential adverse effects from some commonly used vitamins and minerals, especially when taken in high doses. Read the full article in Australian Prescriber.

Episode 115 – Therapeutic Guidelines Liver Disorders
- 21 Sep 2021
- 17 min 30
- Transcript
Episode 115 – Therapeutic Guidelines Liver Disorders
- 21 Sep 2021
- 17 min 30
- Transcript
Justin Coleman chats to hepatologist Alex Thompson about livers and what can go wrong with them, including hepatitis B, C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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.