Primary care wants to know: ‘Who will slay the VLCA dragon?’

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Primary care wants to know: ‘Who will slay the VLCA dragon?’

Thursday 14 December 2017, 12:58 PM

Despite years of debate and lobbying by primary care to get rid of it, VLCA remains in place

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The VLCA dragon needs to be slain at some stage. The longer VLCA is left, the harder it will be to fix it Many people in primary care would say 2

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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

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