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Beta-blockers no longer first line for simple hypertension
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2. New Zealand Primary Care handbook 2012, p37 \http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/new-zealand-primary-care-handbook-2012
3. Medsafe Datasheet 2014. http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/b/bosvatetab.pdf
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
