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Jun 2022
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E133 – Prescribing for patients on antir...

AUSTRALIAN PRESCRIBER
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Many drugs can interfere with antiretroviral therapy. Dhineli Perera chats with Yasmin Hughes, an advanced trainee in sexual health medicine, about the importance of checking potential interactions when prescribing other medicines.

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