Purple Pen Podcast

Naloxone has been available in Australia without prescription since 2022 (after pilot programs through 2019-2021, analysis showed this trial saved 3 lives per day [https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/evaluation-of-the-pharmaceutical-benefits-scheme-subsidised-take-home-naloxone-pilot]). Join us as Kristin and Nat talk naloxone with Pharmacist Emily Turkovic. Emily shares her personal story and why she is passionate about ensuring that naloxone is widely available in our community. Listen in for tips and tricks on how to broach the subject with patients and ways to de-stigmatise naloxone. Resources: Opioid Safety Toolkit [https://saferopioiduse.com.au/] Free Take Home Naloxone training program [https://www.acp.edu.au/education/short-courses/take-home-naloxone] Find out more about the Take Home Naloxone program here [https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/take-home-naloxone-program/about-the-take-home-naloxone-program]. Take Home Naloxone Program Resources [https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/take-home-naloxone-program-resources?language=en]

Listen in as Kristin chats with Dr Ian Heslop about the health care needs of travellers, covering topics such as traveller’s diarrhoea, altitude sickness and more. Listen until the end to find out what Ian brings in his travel medicine kit! Ian is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle and has a strong background in Hospital Pharmacy and in academia. He was involved in the establishment of the Bachelor of Pharmacy program at James Cook University in Townsville - and whilst teaching at JCU, he completed his doctorate in travel health.

Listen in to our latest episode as Kristin chats with Chelsea Felkai about being a healthcare provider for patients with intellectual disability. Chelsea is a community pharmacist who is completing her PhD at the University of Newcastle. You can find resources relating to the provision of inclusive healthcare and the NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Health Care of People with Intellectual Disability [https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/nsqhs-standards-user-guide-health-care-people-intellectual-disability] that Chelsea refers to in the podcast here [https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/intellectual-disability-and-inclusive-health-care]. Other resources include: * PSA Medicine safety: disability care report https://www.psa.org.au/advocacy/working-for-our-profession/medicine-safety/disability-care/ [https://www.psa.org.au/advocacy/working-for-our-profession/medicine-safety/disability-care/]  * Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/intellectual-disability-and-inclusive-health-care [https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/intellectual-disability-and-inclusive-health-care]  * Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 - https://www.disabilitygateway.gov.au/ads/strategy [https://www.disabilitygateway.gov.au/ads/strategy]  * NDIS - https://www.ndis.gov.au/ [https://www.ndis.gov.au/] * NDIS – Consumables - https://ourguidelines.ndis.gov.au/would-we-fund-it/consumables [https://ourguidelines.ndis.gov.au/would-we-fund-it/consumables]  * Guardianship Division - https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/how-ncat-works/ncat-divisions-and-appeal-panel/guardianship-division.html [https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/how-ncat-works/ncat-divisions-and-appeal-panel/guardianship-division.html]  * Behaviour Support Plans - https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/rules-and-standards/behaviour-support-and-restrictive-practices [https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/rules-and-standards/behaviour-support-and-restrictive-practices]  * Easy Read - https://pwd.org.au/resources/easy-read-info/ [https://pwd.org.au/resources/easy-read-info/]  * Ten Principles of Good Prescribing [https://www.bps.ac.uk/education-engagement/teaching-pharmacology/ten-principles-of-good-prescribing] (British Pharmacological Society’s Principles for Good Prescribing 2010) * Maudsley deprescribing guidelines [https://www.nswmentalhealthcommission.com.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/Maudsley%20Deprescribing%20guidelines%20-%20from%20publication%20to%20practice%20-%20Presenter%20Slides.pdf] for antidepressants, benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids, and Z-drugs. * PHARMACISTS OPTIMISING MEDICINES IN PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND AUTISM (POMPIDA) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/704993267219347] – Facebook group * Public Hearing Report – Hearing 6 [https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/report-public-hearing-6-psychotropic-medication-behaviour-support-and-behaviours-concern] (Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability)

Join Natalie as she chats with Dermatologist A/Prof Deshan Sebaratnam about the management of acne. Listen in as they chat about over the counter treatment options, what may have changed in acne management and the effectiveness of isotretenoin. A/Prof Sebaratnam, in addition to his private practice, as a specialist dermatologist at Liverpool and Dubbo Base Hospitals in NSW.

Tune in as Dr Sayontonee Ghosh gives an overview of TB including: * Transmission  * Diagnosis  * Screening * Symptoms  * Treatment options