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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Three birds booming
Wednesday 11 October 2017, 11:51 AM

Image: W.L. Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 2nd edition. Published 1888
Stuck in the political twilight zone, awaiting the outcome of negotiations to determine the next government, I digressed out into the field, quite literally, to write this column last week
I recently arose at the crack of dawn to accompany a birdwatcher friend to a raupō swamp, in the hope of encountering a bittern.
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Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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