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Pharmacology
Hidden danger: maize starch excipient allergy
Wala Hamid Haj Ali · Corey Borg · Catherine Leggett
Understanding modelled economic evaluations: a reader's guide for clinicians
The role of modelled versus study-based economic evaluations, and an introduction to common modelling approaches
Winnie Chen · Martin Howell · Alan Cass · Gillian Gorham · Kirsten Howard
The resurgence of congenital syphilis in Australia: novel approaches and sustained, effective public health efforts are required
Coordinated antenatal and sexual health care policies, clear guidelines, and broad education programs could reduce the rate
Stephanie Bond · Marcus Y Chen
Ensuring a fit‐for‐purpose resource for consumers, clinicians and health services: the updated Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard
The updated Clinical Care Standard is an important tool that can support best practice care for people with knee osteoarthritis
Ilana N Ackerman · Fiona Doukas · Rachelle Buchbinder · Sally Dooley · Wendy Favorito · Phoebe Holdenson Kimura · David J Hunter · James Linklater · John B North · Louise Elvin‐Walsh · Christopher Vertullo · Alice L Bhasale · Samantha Bunzli
Treatment‐resistant tinea caused by Trichophyton indotineae in Australia
An otherwise well 25-year-old man presented with an itchy rash of 15 months duration on his groin and thighs, with no systemic symptoms
Kyra YL Chua · Catriona L Halliday · Sharon C‐A Chen · Sonia Koning · Jedrzej Pawlikowski · Philipp du Cros · Tony M Korman
National pharmacovigilance of seasonal influenza vaccines in Australia
Australia’s national pharmacovigilance systems work collaboratively to monitor the safety of seasonal influenza vaccines, with improvements to these systems ensuring the continued safety of medicines and vaccines available on the Australian market
Megan O'Moore · Belinda Jones · Megan Hickie · Catherine Glover · Lucy Deng · Yuanfei Huang · Michael Dymock · Evelyn Tay · Julie A Marsh · Nicholas Wood
Is the current commercial model of medicinal cannabis in the best interest of patients?
Richard CJ Bradlow · Ferghal Armstrong
Ethics of artificial intelligence in supportive care in cancer
Addressing the ethical implications helps physician and patient engagement with AI in supportive cancer care
Ian N Olver
Measurement of digoxin levels falsely affected by enzalutamide
A 75-year-old man presented with three days of lethargy and diarrhoea
Noor Lammoza · Maria Hormiz · Cherie Chiang · Chris Stead · Mustafa Ayhan · Samuel C Hume
Pharmaceutical company payments to Australian doctors reported to Medicines Australia, 2019–22: a cross‐sectional analysis
Greater transparency is needed, and linkage with AHPRA numbers would facilitate the identification of individual recipients
Malcolm Forbes · Yeshna Bhowon · Barbara Mintzes
Interventions for reducing the prescribing of pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: are they effectively reducing opioid harm?
Capturing the intended and unintended outcomes of interventions is important for fully assessing their impact
Suzanne Nielsen · Ting Xia
The impact of tightened prescribing restrictions for PBS-subsidised opioid medicines and the introduction of half-pack sizes, Australia, 2020–21: an interrupted time series analysis
The introduction of new PBS rules for subsidised opioid medicines were followed by a decline in subsidised dispensing
Forrest C Koch · Jake Olivier · Jonathan Brett · Nicholas A Buckley · Natasa Gisev · Sallie Pearson · Benjamin Daniels
The uptake of long‐acting depot buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence in Australia, 2019–2022: longitudinal sales data analysis
There was a marked shift from daily opioid agonist treatments to long-acting depot buprenorphine during 2019–2022
Nicholas Lintzeris · Victoria Hayes · Adrian J Dunlop
Hidden danger: maize starch excipient allergy
A 77-year-old man with maize starch excipient allergy on peritoneal dialysis presented to the renal clinic with mild right groin pain for a week, blood pressure of 150/79 mmHg, and weight gain of 2 kg due to fluid retention
Lipin Lukose · Shrey Seth · Kamal Sud · Brian Nankivell · Mary Ann Nicdao · Ronald L Castelino
Antibiotics or watchful waiting for acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children?
Primary care clinicians are central to increased engagement and partnership with families in shared decision making
Valerie M Swift · Christopher G Brennan‐Jones
The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study
Shared decision making informed by the experience of parents and carers could reduce antibiotic use for managing acute otitis media
Jennifer S Reath · Sarah O'Brien · Letitia Campbell · Hasantha Gunasekera · Claudette A Tyson · Deborah A Askew · Wendy Hu · Tim Usherwood · Kelvin Kong · Peter Morris · Amanda J Leach · Robyn Walsh · Penelope A Abbott
Inflammation: the next target for secondary prevention in coronary artery disease
Anti-inflammatory drugs can reduce cardiovascular events, but risks, benefits and mediating mechanisms are still uncertain
Samia Kazi · James J H Chong · Clara K Chow
Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support
Deborah Gleeson · James Scheibner · Dianne Nicol
Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor‐induced ketoacidosis is unlikely in patients without diabetes
SGLT2 inhibitor use in heart failure patients without diabetes should have minimal risk of ketoacidosis
Lisa M Raven · Christopher A Muir · Jerry R Greenfield
The rise of direct‐to‐consumer telemedicine services in Australia: implications for primary care and future research
Robust research is needed into the rapidly emerging direct-to-consumer telemedicine industry in Australia
Darran Foo · Samantha Spanos · Genevieve Dammery · Louise A Ellis · Simon M Willcock · Jeffrey Braithwaite
The not‐so‐natural herb: a case of exogenous Cushing syndrome
A 44-year-old man presented to the emergency department with one month of worsening breathlessness, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, and pitting oedema to the thighs
Yi‐An Pan · David Roberts · Yi‐An Pan · David Roberts
Increased prescribing of psychotropic medication for children and adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic: no cause for alarm
Alain Braillon · Wendy A Rogers
Avoiding severe drug hypersensitivity reactions: a case for HLA genotyping for at‐risk patients
Helen Y Sun · Yaron Gu · Deshan F Sebaratnam
Carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacterales: a profound threat to Australian public health
Nationally coordinated action is needed to contain the threat of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Australia
Erin Flynn · Lito E Papanicolas · Nicholas Anagnostou · Morgyn S Warner · Geraint B Rogers · Erin Flynn · Lito E Papanicolas · Nicholas Anagnostou · Morgyn S Warner · Geraint B Rogers
