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Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations

Rivastigmine has a small effect in Alzheimer’s disease

Saturday 27 August 2016, 01:38 PM

PEARLS No.

487

Psychological interventions may benefit non-specific chest pain management

Thursday 25 August 2016, 01:36 PM

PEARLS No.

485

Incentives effective for smoking cessation

Wednesday 24 August 2016, 01:34 PM

PEARLS No.

484

Personalised care planning beneficial for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions

Tuesday 23 August 2016, 01:32 PM

PEARLS No.

483

Chondroitin effective for osteoarthritis

Monday 22 August 2016, 01:31 PM

PEARLS No.

482

CBT plus tapering dose reduces benzodiazepine use in short term

Sunday 21 August 2016, 01:29 PM

PEARLS No.

481

SSRIs and SNRIs ineffective for preventing tension-type headaches

Saturday 20 August 2016, 01:27 PM

PEARLS No.

480

No identified risk in use of topical corticosteroids during pregnancy

Tuesday 1 March 2016, 05:15 PM

PEARLS No.

499

Topical rubefacients ineffective for musculoskeletal pain

Thursday 4 February 2016, 01:26 PM

PEARLS No.

479

Uricosuric medications effective for chronic gout

Wednesday 3 February 2016, 01:24 PM

PEARLS No.

478

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Heart failure

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

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12:45 AM