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Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations

Limited benefits from pharmacotherapy for hypertension in people aged under 60

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 03:50 PM
PEARLS No.
586

Clinician-targeted interventions can reduce antibiotic prescribing for ARIs

Friday 25 May 2018, 03:33 PM
PEARLS No.
585

Gabapentin effective for some patients with chronic neuropathic pain

Thursday 24 May 2018, 08:52 AM
PEARLS No.
584

No overall health benefit from lower blood pressure targets

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 03:36 PM
PEARLS No.
583

Personalised digital interventions reduce hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption

Friday 11 May 2018, 03:38 PM
PEARLS No.
582

HPV testing more sensitive than cytology for cervical screening

Thursday 10 May 2018, 08:56 AM
PEARLS No.
581

Music therapy beneficial for depression

Thursday 26 April 2018, 12:03 PM
PEARLS No.
580

Mass media interventions effective for smoking cessation

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 03:46 PM
PEARLS No.
579

Insufficient evidence of benefits from wholegrain cereals in cardiovascular disease

Friday 13 April 2018, 03:43 PM
PEARLS No.
578

Individual behavioural counselling helps people to quit smoking

Thursday 12 April 2018, 08:38 AM
PEARLS No.
577

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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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