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
Measles mayhem: Stories from the front line
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Measles mayhem: Stories from the front line
Monday 6 January 2020, 01:00 PM

The team at Mangere Community Health: Richard Hulme, Shania Dean, Seema Singh, Avto Kandelaki and Mohini Gounder
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Declaring New Zealand measles-free in October 2017 now seems the height of optimism. We knew we had large gaps in vaccination rates, and an outbreak w
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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