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
Exercise-associated lower leg pain: Timing and duration is a strong clue
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Exercise-associated lower leg pain: Timing and duration is a strong clue
Wednesday 19 December 2018, 12:00 AM

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Steadily worsening lower leg pain that comes and goes with exercise requires a careful history and examination, sometimes within a
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