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
Swim with the turtles, sleep with the wasps
Wednesday 12 December 2018, 01:00 AM

The simple fales at Falealupo offered the bare necessities, a true Pacific Island paradise
Samoa’s lush forests, ruined churches and warm waters exert a calming influence in between e-biking adventures, writes Barbara Fountain
‘‘I feel like one of those women in the French resistance, cycling from village to village.”
My sister’s comment is right on the button.
In ou, Falealupo forest, The truly coastal road near Falealupo
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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