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Pharmaceutical preparations

Research letters

Assessing angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) protein is more appropriate than ACE activity when investigating sarcoidosis

Carel J Pretorius and Jacobus PJ Ungerer

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 178-179 Free

Perspectives

Drug repurposing in the era of COVID‐19: a call for leadership and government investment

Jennifer H Martin and Nikola A Bowden

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 450-452.e1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Candida auris in an Australian health care facility: importance of screening high risk patients

Leon J Worth, Simon J Harrison, Michael Dickinson, Annaliese Diemen, Jennifer Breen, Susan Harper, Caroline Marshall, Deborah A Williamson, Karin A Thursky and Monica A Slavin

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 510-511.e1

Letters

The management of diverticulitis: a review of the guidelines

Mark H Arnold

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 434-434.e1

Editorials

From over‐the‐counter to prescription only: early results of the rescheduling of codeine combination analgesics

Malcolm D Dobbin

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 305-306

Editorials

Providing take home naloxone needs to be improved to prevent opioid overdose deaths

Nicholas Lintzeris

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 307-308

Perspectives

Sodium–glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors: managing the small but critical risk of diabetic ketoacidosis

Peter S Hamblin, Rosemary Wong and Leon A Bach

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 294-296.e1

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A case of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) without a typical precipitant

David WJ Griffin, Genevieve E Martin, Catriona McLean, Allen C Cheng and Michelle L Giles

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 300-301.e1

Editorials

Prescribing psychotropic medications in residential aged care facilities

Gerard J Byrne

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 304-305

Research

Changes in sales of analgesics to pharmacies after codeine was rescheduled as a prescription only medicine

Andrea L Schaffer, Rose Cairns, Jared A Brown, Natasa Gisev, Nicholas A Buckley and Sallie‐Anne Pearson

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 321-327 Free

Research

Community pharmacy naloxone supply, before and after rescheduling as an over‐the‐counter drug: sales and prescriptions data, 2014–2018

Wai Chung Tse, Paul Sanfilippo, Tina Lam, Paul Dietze and Suzanne Nielsen

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 314-320 Free

Narrative review

Antidepressant‐induced sexual dysfunction

Jody Rothmore

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 329-334

Research letter

Antiplatelet therapy within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation

Benjumin Hsu, Michael O Falster, Andrea L Schaffer, Sallie Pearson, Louisa Jorm and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 124-125 Free

Letters

Expanding the availability of medications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Australia

Colin J Mahoney and Matthew C Kiernan

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 189-189.e1

Research

The dispensing of psychotropic medicines to older people before and after they enter residential aged care

Stephanie L Harrison, Janet K Sluggett, Catherine Lang, Craig Whitehead, Maria Crotty, Megan Corlis, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 309-313 Free

Letters

Deprescribing needs to be considered in the pharmacists’ prescribing role

Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell and Mouna J Sawan

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 141-141.e1

Narrative review

Advances in type 2 diabetes therapy: a focus on cardiovascular and renal outcomes

Renata Libianto, Timothy ME Davis and Elif I Ekinci

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 133-139

Letters

Antibiotic use in animals and humans in Australia

Stephen W Page

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 141-141.e1

Perspectives

Tafenoquine for the radical cure and prevention of malaria: the importance of testing for G6PD deficiency

Robert J Commons, James S McCarthy and Ric N Price

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 152-153.e1 Free

Letters

Recognising injuries related to needlestick injury in farmers: the importance of identifying high pressure injections with mineral oil

Jared A Brown, Nicholas A Buckley, Rose Cairns and Claire E Wylie

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 94-94.e1

Letters

Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015–2017

Heidi Shukralla and Michael Coory

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 45-45.e1

Letters

Euglycaemic ketoacidosis from an SGLT2 inhibitor exacerbated by a ketogenic diet

Shampa Sinha, Daniel Gavaghan and Steven Yew

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 46-46.e1

Guideline summary

Updated guidelines for the management of paracetamol poisoning in Australia and New Zealand

Angela L Chiew, David Reith, Adam Pomerleau, Anselm Wong, Katherine Z Isoardi, Jessamine Soderstrom and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 175-183

Research letter

Rescheduling codeine‐containing analgesics reduced codeine‐related hospital presentations

Keith Harris, Andrew Jiang, Robert Knoeckel and Katherine Z Isoardi

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 328-328 Free

Letters

Intensive lipid‐lowering therapy in the 12 months after an acute coronary syndrome in Australia: an observational analysis

Simon B Dimmitt and Jennifer H Martin

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): 284-284.e1