We all love to interfere with the clotting cascade in modern medicine, and this is a new way to do so! Yet another unpronounceable new drug. Ti-CAG-re-lor is the latest in the family of drugs [cyclopentyltriazolopyrimidines.. forget that word immediately ] that stop clots and start bleeding. I like to call it “tiger claw” and everyone around […]
ConSEPT Trial: Phenytoin vs. Levetiracetam in Status Epilepsy
Posted on September 1, 2018 · 6 Comments
Hi All, Just got home from the excellent, engaging and enjoyable experience that was Don’t Forget the Bubbles 2018. It was really a fun event and the vibe was very relaxed. There was a lot of “soft stuff” with patients, families and advocates talking to the clinicians. However, there was also a good measure of […]
Old Doc, New Drug: Umeclidinium
Posted on August 20, 2018 · 3 Comments
When I first saw the name of this medication… I honestly thought that some smart physicist had discovered a new element way down the bottom of the period table. Naturally, being a total chemistry nerd, I was excited… until I realised that it was in fact just another boring drug to treat the most mundane […]
SMACC SYDNEY… the Ultimate SMACC DownUnder
Posted on August 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
It is one of those happy-sad, bittersweet moments. The last SMACC is being planned for the 25th – 29th March, 2019. The ticket ballot opens tomorrow – 20th August. This is promised to be the best SMACC ever, which is a big statement – kinda like saying: “longer then War and Peace” or “Funnier than […]
Old Doc New Drug: Tapentadol
Posted on August 10, 2018 · 3 Comments
The second instalment of the series of newfangled pharmacological favourites for your edification. This post is all about tapentadol… and its friends. If you are like me you probably started noticing a trickle, then a flood of patients being discharged from big city hospitals on this new drug. Now I am a simple rural doctor. […]
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