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Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney discusses the causes of asthma and the effects it can have on children, before delving into treatments and how you can help improve adherence to these
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In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
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