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
A pearl of a service for weary staff in rural practices
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A pearl of a service for weary staff in rural practices
Wednesday 1 September 2021, 05:10 PM

Blue Star sales manager Elton Hunter with Jenny Butt, Jacinta Sanders, Christy Lange and Fiona Bolden from the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network, with their Blue Star Best Supplier Service, Product or Campaign Award
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