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
Pain relief from a secure joint: Behind the gates at Helius Therapeutics
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Pain relief from a secure joint: Behind the gates at Helius Therapeutics
Wednesday 8 November 2023, 03:00 AM

Data obtained by Helius shows more than 60,000 packs of products containing medicinal cannabis were sold in New Zealand in 2022 [Image: Supplied]
Covered up in hair net and gown, Zach Thompson ventures behind the fence and into the Helius Therapeutics medicinal cannabis growing and manufacturing facility
My first sight of Helius Therapeutics is a tall metal fence; a white building, part industrial warehouse, part super-secret spy facility, sits beyond
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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