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
Right in the PRIME of LIFE
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Right in the PRIME of LIFE
Wednesday 20 July 2016, 09:00 AM

The public might not know it, but the accidents and emergencies they suffer in the large swathe of rural New Zealand soak up a huge amount of human and financial commitment. Southern correspondent Liane Topham-Kindley takes a look at the rural sector's PRIME (Primary Response in Medical Emergency), a service now under review
It was his first weekend on call, more than 30 years ago. The boy's arm was put on ice, while Dr Malloy coordinated a landing site for a helicopter at
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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