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
From the Pandemic Chronicles of Dr Dave: Cat face
Wednesday 17 March 2021, 01:15 AM

"I'm not a cat": Lawyer gets stuck in a kitty Zoom filter
Dr Dave, a GP from somewhere in New Zealand, provides weekly jottings about the state of his world and the wider cosmos
Our local CME group has retained the Zoom option, as I am sure most CME groups have. This evening I am doubly apprehensive. There is my usual apprehen
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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