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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Picking words carefully
Thursday 9 June 2022, 09:51 AM

Health minister Andrew Little: he’s not always grumpy and is enthusiastic about the future for primary care
Curmudgeonly probably doesn’t cut it when you are expecting people to bust a gut and pursue your Government’s goals. Editor Barbara Fountain explains
It is as if he constantly feels the need to knock general practice for fear it will get too big for its boots
Health minister Andrew Little’s rel
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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