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Two new diagnoses? Neurological itch on the arm and back.
1. Podcast: Statins in the media, Unusual neurological itch, The hunger hormone, Viagra. https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/inside-health/id263166507?mt=2&i=37362371
2. DermNet: Brachioradial pruritis. http://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/brachioradial-pruritus
3. DermNet: Notalgia paraesthetica. http://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/notalgia-paraesthetica
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
