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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“Caution if giving Menactra with Prevenar 13 vaccine”
When giving meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccines, the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine Menactra should preferably be given at a 4-week
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References
tinyurl.com/PneumoVacc (Immunisation Handbook 2020).