NZ GP Practice Review Issue 15

In this issue:
– Beta blockers for cardiovascular conditions: one size does not fit all
– Medicine-induced hyponatraemia: increased risks in older people
– Deprescribing antihypertensive drugs in frail older adults
– Spotlight on cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine
– New and emerging drug therapies for Alzheimer disease
– Diagnosing and managing prescription opioid use disorder
– Assessment of patient factors when selecting an inhaled delivery system in COPD
– Shingles vaccine eligibility criteria widened
– Medsafe recent approvals
– Criteria to access breast cancer treatments changed
– General Practice Leader’s Forum disappointed at capitation funding
– New Chair for Pharmac Board
– Antibiotic prescribing reports released
– Pharmac Equity Policy finalised