Pharmacology

Combination therapies can help overcome treatment inertia and poor adherence in chronic disease management

Anthony Rodgers · Tracey-Lea Laba · Stephen Jan

Keeping the doctor’s bag relevant to needs

Gerard F Gill

Ceasing use of medication is at least as complicated as initiating treatment in older people

Emily Reeve BPharm(Hons), PhD · Sepehr Shakib MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Ivanka Hendrix BPharm, PhD · Michael S Roberts PhD, DSc, FACP · Michael D Wiese BPharm, MClinPharm, PhD

The scale of polypharmacy-related harm is underappreciated

Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · Kristen Anderson BPharm · Christopher R Freeman BPharm, PhD, BCACP · Danielle A Stowasser PhD, BPharm, PGDipClinHospPharm

This much maligned galactagogue may carry no direct risk to breastfeeding women

Luke E Grzeskowiak PhD, BPharm(Hons), GradCertClinEpid · Lisa H Amir MB BS, MMed, PhD

A new e-learning program provides guidance on generic medicines

Lynn M Weekes

Middle-aged patients with multiple risk factors appear to be well managed, but other age groups may be missing out

Leon A Simons MD, FRACP · Eric Chung BE(Comp), MBA

Children in out-of-home placements have complex health needs

Klaus Martin Beckmann

Treatment is now the focus of prevention

Angie N Pinto FRACP, FRCPA · David Cooper AO, FAA

Health care providers identify barriers to optimal antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes

Ching Jou Lim BPharm(Hons) · Megan W-L Kwong MB BS, BMedSci · Rhonda L Stuart MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Kirsty L Buising MPH, MD, FRACP · N Deborah Friedman FRACP, MD, MPH · Noleen J Bennett PhD, MPH · Allen C Cheng FRACP, MPH, PhD · Anton Y Peleg MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Caroline Marshall FRACP, PhD, GradDipClinEpi · David C M Kong BPharm, MPharm, PhD

A known cause with no cause for alarm

Vishnusai Chauhan · Catherine McDougall

In reply -- Collaboration with nephrologists is important

Milton Roxanas · Blair S Grace · Charles R P George

How does prescribing practice to prevent another stroke measure up against recommendations?

Janet K Sluggett BPharm(Hons), GDipClinEpid · Gillian E Caughey BSc(Hons), PhD · Michael B Ward BPharm(Hons), PhD · Andrew L Gilbert PhD, DipAppPsych, BPharm

Guiding principles of the Council of Australian Therapeutic Advisory Groups should inform off-label prescribing

Madlen Gazarian · Steve Morris

The palliative care schedule is coming of age as evaluation data become available

David C Currow BMed, MPH, FRACP · Lloyd N Sansom BSc, PhD, FPS

“Just in case” medications should be readily available in the patient’s home

Margaret O’Connor · Susan Gatens · Brian H Le

Serious hypersensitivity reactions can occur with very small amounts of exposure to chlorhexidine

Usman Mushtaq MB BS · Aaron Tan MB BS, FRACP · Ju Ann Tan MB BS, MRCP, FRACP · William B Smith MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD

Paediatric hospitals are making decisions about drugs based on poor evidence and incomplete documentation

Yashwant K Sinha MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Jonathan C Craig MB ChB, FRACP, PhD · Peter G Barclay BPharm, DipHospPharm · Hugh Miller BScPharm(Hons), DipHospPharm(Admin), GradCertMan · Sean C Turner BPharm, MSc, DipClinPharm · Joseph P Whitehouse BPharm(Hons) · Jo-anne E Brien BPharm, BS(Pharm), PharmD

Reassessing the benefits, harms and risk levels of statin therapy

Ian R Hamilton-Craig PhD, FRACP, FCSANZ

Guidelines for managing cardiovascular disease risk don’t preclude combining an ACE inhibitor with an ARB

Christopher J O’Callaghan · Pei Rong · Min Y Goh

MDR-TB remains uncommon in WA, but the challenges associated with managing it are being increasingly recognised

Joshua R Francis BAppSc(MedSc), MB BS, FRACP · Christopher C Blyth MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA · Sarah Colby MB BS · Joanna M Fagan MPH · Justin Waring MB BS, FRACP

Two simple strategies could minimise substitution errors

Alexander M Owen · Sara L Hungerford

Morphine’s use in Australia has shaped public perception and current challenges

Matthew Grant MB BS, DipPallMed, MBioethics · Jennifer Philip PhD, FAChPM, MB BS · Anna Ugalde BA(Hons), PhD

Bisphosphonates aren’t known to cause myocardial injury, but zoledronic acid may be an exception

Monique R Watts · Andris H Ellims · David S Eccleston

Meeting the mental health needs of people with intellectual disability is often challenging

Niki S Edwards · William Alexander · Allyson Mutch