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New work by researchers from Victoria University of Wellington sheds light on how pharmacists and doctors work together to advance patients’ access to, and use of, pharmaceuticals
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
