Professor Margie Danchin[/caption]
Dr Peter Tenni[/caption]
How should we deprescribe gabapentinoids, according to the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines[/caption]
Pharmacists have always prescribed, but they have the potential to prescribe much morePSA grassroots draft scripts for email and phone conversations
Draft email
Dear Mr/Ms XXX,
We know our health system has faced immense pressure over recent years. Pharmacists are too often overlooked and undervalued, despite the...
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