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Constipation is common in older people due to factors such as multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty, dehydration, a lack of exercise and poor diet.
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February 2019
When initiating or changing the dose of a medicine, simple changes to the prescription can allow pharmacists to...
A new direct-acting antiviral (DAA) oral regimen for the treatment of hepatitis C, glecaprevir + pibrentasvir (Maviret) will...
January 2019
With the addition of Maviret to the pharmaceutical schedule, providing curative treatment to people with hepatitis C is now easier than ever.
Over one-third of people aged 65 years and older in New Zealand were dispensed a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in the last year.
Bisphosphonates accumulate within bone tissue where they help rebalance the remodelling cycle to increase bone mineral density.
Older people are generally prescribed more medicines than younger people, which contributes to a higher risk of adverse effects.
November 2018
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