𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.
Notes found on Memorise Medicine. “𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳.” Most examiners will only give you one mark if you write the…
Preparing for Part 1 of the Intern Pharmacy Oral Exam
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Understanding the name: H2 antagonist.
Understanding the name: There are a plethora of abbreviations used in the medical world. Some are commonly accepted and others are not. What happens when the abbreviation becomes more common…
Tug Of War: Dopamine Agonist VS. Antagonist.
Medicine is a broad and complex topic. Let’s simplify things, as much as possible.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀In Australia, ALL antipsychotic (e.g. olanzapine, haloperidol, quetiapine and risperidone) medicines block dopamine. Additionally, a lot of…
What is a chesty cough?
Imagine this common scenario. A patient asks, “Do you have something to treat my chesty cough?”Can you straight away picture what type of cough they have? Or is it vague…
Ursodeoxycholic acid & Cholesterol-lowering medicines.
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) (Ursofalk ®) is used to treat forms of cholestatic liver disease (CLD). Example: primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholestasis related to cystic fibrosis. Hypercholesterolemia is…
How To Read for FREE – ‘Passing The Pharmacy Australia Intern Oral Exam: The easy way.’
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Passing The Pharmacy Australia Intern Oral Exam: The easy way
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…
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) Medicines & The Interaction You Need To Know.
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…
Don’t Worry About Learning Styles. Use This Instead.
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…