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This article was first published online on 7 June 2024.
From Fiona: Getting to have a long chat with specialist GP and former NZMA chair Pippa MacKay on her last day of practising medicine was a delight. Always the source of a pithy and thoughtful quote, she had good yarns and good insights to share after 40 plus years in medicine
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
