{"title":"New Drug: Elasomeran+davesomeran for prevention of COVID-19","authors":"","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2023.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"61 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 vaccines in 2023","authors":"Ketaki Sharma, Jean Li-Kim-Moy","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2023.020","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Most Australian adults now have hybrid immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, referring to a combination of protection from previous vaccine doses and past infection. Protection from both vaccination and past infection wanes over time. Booster doses are recommended to ensure that those who are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 remain protected. The optimal timing of future booster doses to maintain adequate protection against severe illness is not yet known. Older age remains the most important risk factor for severe COVID-19, including in the current Omicron variant era. The original COVID-19 vaccines are monovalent vaccines based on the ancestral strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Bivalent vaccines have been developed based on earlier Omicron subvariants (BA.1 or BA.4-5) and the ancestral strain. These provide enhanced protection against severe illness from Omicron compared with the original monovalent vaccines. Updated monovalent vaccines based on a more recent Omicron subvariant (XBB.1.5) have been developed. COVID-19 vaccines have an excellent safety record, and serious adverse events are extremely rare.","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"39 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Latest News: Update on changing Australian medicine names","authors":"","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2023.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Drug: Finerenone for chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes with albuminuria","authors":"","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2023.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"7 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135220373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jodie A Austin, Michael A Barras, Clair M Sullivan
{"title":"Digital health and prescribing: declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.","authors":"Jodie A Austin, Michael A Barras, Clair M Sullivan","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.015","DOIUrl":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"46 3","pages":"46-47"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665093/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138489213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prescribing and peritoneal dialysis.","authors":"Frank Reimann, Melinda Tomlins","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.001","DOIUrl":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peritoneal dialysis is a home-based therapy for patients with end-stage kidney disease. It is less efficient in removing solutes and fluid than haemodialysis but offers more flexibility and independence. Peritoneal transport characteristics affect the dialysis prescription. The timing of drug administration is independent of the dialysis process except for the administration of intraperitoneal antibiotics. Dose reductions should follow current recommendations for patients with kidney disease. Fluid overload is common in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Residual kidney function can ameliorate this problem and needs to be preserved. Dialysis solutions with high glucose concentrations contribute to adverse metabolic effects. Peritoneal dialysis-related catheter complications and infections may require patients to transition to haemodialysis. Antifungal prophylaxis needs to be co-administered for the duration of antibiotic courses for any indication to reduce the risk of fungal peritonitis. Close communication with the patient's supervising dialysis unit is required.</p>","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"1 1","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41407428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Australian Prescriber</i>: a new chapter.","authors":"Leigh-Anne Claase","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.008","DOIUrl":"10.18773/austprescr.2023.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"46 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664090/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138489214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arduino A Mangoni, Elzbieta A Jarmuzewska, Genevieve M Gabb, Patrick Russell
{"title":"Blood pressure elevations in hospital.","authors":"Arduino A Mangoni, Elzbieta A Jarmuzewska, Genevieve M Gabb, Patrick Russell","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2022.068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2022.068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long-term hypertension control in the community significantly reduces cardiovascular risk. However, the benefit of controlling acute elevations of blood pressure in hospitalised patients is unclear. In-hospital elevations of blood pressure are relatively common and might not reflect poorly controlled blood pressure before admission. The measurement of blood pressure in hospital patients significantly differs from the best practice recommended for primary care and outpatients. Recent observational studies suggest that the pharmacological treatment of acute, asymptomatic, in-hospital elevations of blood pressure may have no benefit. However, it may increase the risk of in-hospital and post-discharge complications. Pending the development of robust inpatient measurement protocols, acute blood pressure elevations in hospitalised patients should not routinely require antihypertensive treatment in the absence of symptoms or acute end-organ damage. Rather, such elevations should facilitate follow-up of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors after discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"45 6","pages":"205-207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/cb/e7/austprescr-45-205.PMC9722348.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10740659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum: Bariatric surgery and medicines [Correction].","authors":"","doi":"10.18773/austprescr.2022.074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2022.074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article on p. 162 in vol. 45, PMID: 36382169.].</p>","PeriodicalId":55588,"journal":{"name":"Australian Prescriber","volume":"45 6","pages":"219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/67/65/austprescr-45-219.PMC9722356.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10370818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}