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
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“Prevalence of loneliness”
Chronic loneliness is associated with a 26% increase in mortality, which is equivalent to the risk of physical inactivity. In this meta-analysis, the
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1. bit.ly/3p1hX3K (BMJ 2022;376:e067068).
2. bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o280 (BMJ 2022;376:o280).