For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Exercise for Parkinson disease
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Exercise for Parkinson disease
Tuesday 15 April 2025, 12:33 AM

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In people with Parkinson disease, exercise results in clinically meaningful improvements in motor symptoms, similar to those seen with medications (4–
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References
1. Tools for Practice #382. Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease: More movement = Better movement? 31 January 2025.
2. RNZ. John Pepper: Using conscious movement to bypass Parkinson’s tremors. 2 March 2016.