Welcome to Australian Prescriber
Australian Prescriber is a free, independent publication providing readily accessible information about drugs and therapeutics, published by NPS MedicineWise. It covers topics for health professionals, students and consumers. Read more about Australian Prescriber here.
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- Personal electronic health records: the start of a journey
- Cough and cold remedies for children
- Controlling Clostridium difficile
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- Understanding medical causes of sexual problems
- Accidentally dropped in the eye: over 1200 medicine mishaps
- Folic acid supplements not always of benefit
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The history of Australian Prescriber documentary
While prescribers are alert for drug–drug interactions, patients may be more interested to know if they can drink alcohol with
their medicine. Graham Vernon reviews some drug interactions that consumers are concerned about, and Helen and John Conaglen discuss some of the drugs which can cause sexual dysfunction.
Many people consume nutritional supplements, but these are not always necessary. Serena Parker, Patrick Hanrahan and Claire Barrett consider the harms and benefits of folate.
Concern about the harmful effects of metformin restricted its use for many years. Gillian Shenfield reflects on how this misunderstanding delayed metformin becoming a first-line drug for type 2 diabetes.
