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
Chronic cough in adults is a challenge owing to its varying aetiologies
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Chronic cough in adults is a challenge owing to its varying aetiologies
Wednesday 9 May 2018, 10:08 AM

David Vokes is a laryngologist and head and neck surgeon at Auckland City Hospital and at ENT Associates, Auckland
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Chronic cough is defined as a cough persisting beyond eight weeks. This simple enough definition belies the complexities of the condition, as reviewed here
Cough is the most common symptom for which patients visit their GP, and many have a chronic cough (CC), defined as a cough of more than eight weeks’ d
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