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New second edition to help you prepare for the new 2021 oral exam format!Attention! Australian Intern Pharmacist. Are you scared of the upcoming oral exam? I thought so. I’ve written…
In Australia, we treat UTIs with the following medicines: Trimethoprim Cephalexin Amoxycillin with clavulanic acid Nitrofurantoin Norfloxacin Fosfomycin trometamol (NEW) Hexamine hippurate (used prophylactically). Patients with an…
Until Uni restarts, I think I'll take a break from medicine information post. Because it's the holidays and you've already spent a lot of time studying and cramming for your…
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs e.g. Nexium® & Pariet®) and histamine-2 (H2) antagonists (H2RAs e.g. Zantac®) are frequently used for the treatment of stomach acid‐related disorders. E.g. peptic ulcer, GORD…
2019 UPDATE: No longer taking emails answers. The answer to this case can be found in the book, 'Passing The Pharmacy Australia Intern Oral Exam: The easy way.' Available here, Amazon…
Do you know why melatonin (Circadin) is listed to have with food? Hint: the answer is not in your AMH (Australian Medicines Handbook).First, let’s look at why we take certain…
I started Memorise Medicine near the end of my pharmacy internship. Sometimes that feels like a lifetime ago and sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday. The startup journey…
Here’s an easy way to remember what happens when you have too much potassium. Increase POTassium can lead to a decrease in blood pressure, this increase the chance of hyPOTension…
Do you counsel on the onset of action? Nitrazepam (Mogadon and Alodorm) is a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed for sleep. Do you know the best time to take it? Imagine being…