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Get out and meet your Māori patients – at community events, sports days, fundraisers – it’s an opportunity to make a difference, writes Jilly Alexander (Ngāpuhi), a community pharmacist in Kaikohe and secretary of the Māori Pharmacists’ Association
This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Current clinical guidelines emphasise the significance of having two Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) for individuals at risk of anaphylaxis.1*
