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
Forefoot pain in active people has bone, tendon, fascia or nerve causes
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Forefoot pain in active people has bone, tendon, fascia or nerve causes
Wednesday 30 January 2019, 01:00 AM

Stress fracture and avascular bone, if long-standing, can sometimes be seen on x-ray
Transferring the body weight to the forefoot allows the athlete to drive off and accelerate, and repeated activity puts its structures under strain, with problems likely to cause pain
The differential diagnosis of pain in the toes was a subject covered last year (New Zealand Doctor, 7 November 2018), and in this issue we look more
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