Be up to date with the 2024 AMH Children’s Dosing Companion

The AMH Children’s Dosing Companion 2024 (book and online) includes new monographs and dose changes. Specific changes of interest include:

  • isavuconazole for invasive fungal infections
  • dalteparin for treatment of venous thromboembolism
  • botulinum toxins for chronic drooling
  • doses for new products in macrogol laxatives and melatonin
  • oral doses for sumatriptan in adolescents have been added

Many small but important changes are made in every update of the CDC; these are outlined in the Summary of key changes. You should make checking this summary one of the first things you do with every new release.

AMH Aged Care Companion - 2024 Release

The May 2024 release of the AMH Aged Care Companion is now available in Book or Online. The new version includes content updates and a number of changes, including:

  • a new frailty guide
  • updated topics including chronic cough, coronary heart disease, dyslipidaemia, eyelid problems, heart failure, hypertension, immunisation, open-angle glaucoma, pain management, palliative care issues

Many changes are made in every update of the ACC; these are outlined in the Summary of key changes. You should make checking this summary one of the first things you do with every new release.

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Australian Medicines Handbook - July 2024 Updates

We’re constantly improving and updating the AMH; here are some recent changes that may interest you:

  • renaming and restructure of the anticancer drugs and immunomodulators chapters, including revision of the General principles: immunomodulators section
  • new drugs, eg tirzepatide for type 2 diabetes, and new drug classes, eg sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulators for MS
  • new indications, eg melatonin for jet lag, empagliflozin for chronic kidney disease
  • new drug interactions, eg ticagrelor + rosuvastatin
  • treatment of hypertension in pregnancy revised, in line with updated guidelines
  • severe GI adverse effects and pre-surgery considerations added for GLP-1 analogues

See the Summary of key changes for all new and deleted drugs.

If you’re new to AMH, make sure you watch our videos.

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Beware - buying electronic AMH products from other sources

Electronic versions of all AMH products are ONLY available for purchase from the AMH website. Any other website advertising the sale of AMH products may contain malicious software that may harm the integrity of your computer.

Likewise, any unauthorised email offer on these products could be spam. If you are unsure of its content, please delete the email and report the incident to us via sales@amh.net.au

To buy AMH print products, please go to the support page of the AMH website and select AMH Stockists found under the heading Where to buy AMH products.