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
GPs expecting specialist rights for ‘2 per cent-plus' cannabis products
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GPs expecting specialist rights for ‘2 per cent-plus' cannabis products
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 03:00 AM

Kiwi medicinal cannabis companies got fired up this year, and GPs will soon find it easy to prescribe the products. Simon Maude reports on the emerging world of THC prescribing
GPs are expecting an early Christmas present in the form of the right to independently prescribe higher-concentration, unapproved cannabis medication, Graham Gulbransen 2017, Auckland GP Graham Gulbransen, who specialises in addiction, says he is comfortable with changes to medicinal cannabis regulations
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