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Level 4 lockdown has achieved amazing behaviour change but now it’s time for solid data from the Government as to how to manage the next phase, writes Nelson GP Jim Vause
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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
