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
Daydream believers
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Daydream believers
Wednesday 30 June 2010, 09:00 AM

You once thought of me, as a white knight on his steed, now you know how happy I can be, oh, and our good times start and end, without dollar one to spend, but how much, baby, do we really need, Daydream Believer
GPs and their colleagues have been asked to daydream. And like The Monkees sixties' hit song the question, in many guises, is how much do you really need, be it money, status, independence, collegiality, infrastructure, helpers, training...
The minor chords give the whimsical, chirpy 'Daydream Believer' a slightly melancholic tone but the chorus is uplifting and hard to forget once it's w
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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