Recovery from depression

Medicines can provide many benefits to treat and prevent health problems, but they come with risks. Medicines that were once helpful when first prescribed, may no longer be helpful or become unsafe. By assessing cumulative medicine risk, utilising Medicines Reviews and initiating deprescribing, GPs can take action to reduce medicine related harm and improve the health outcomes of their patients.

Heart failure is estimated to affect around 318,000 Australians, with over 60,000 diagnosed every year. The use of recommended medicines is a key factor in reducing hospital admissions and improving survival in people with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia, increasing at a faster rate than other chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer. It is important to regularly assess the absolute cardiovascular risk and risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for all your patients with T2DM.