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In a suspected first for New Zealand, pharmacists in Northland are being funded by the local DHB to offer a new intervention for asthma patients. The initiative is targeted to help Māori and Pasifika people, who have some of the worst rates of asthma-related hospitalisation and mortality in the country. Pharmacy Today reporter Nerine Zoio finds out more
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
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
