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Antibiotics not effective for cough and coloured sputum (acute bronchitis)
1. Efficacy of anti-inflammatory or antibiotic treatment in patients with non-complicated acute bronchitis and discoloured sputum: randomised placebo controlled trial. BMJ 2013. http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5762
2. Amoxicillin for acute lower-respiratory-tract infection in primary care when pneumonia is not suspected: a 12-country, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2013. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473309912703006/fulltext?elsca1=FB%20or%20TW&elsca2=socialmedia
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
