The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7241 p392
22 March 2003

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MeReC Extra update

A thiazide diuretic should be included where possible in the treatment of most hypertensive patients, the latest issue of MeReC Extra concludes in its review of the ALLHAT trial.

The issue also looks at the delivery strategy for the National Service Framework for Diabetes, a recent Medicines Control Agency review of herbal medicines, and the updated asthma management guidelines published by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.

A copy of MeReC Extra is included with this week's issue of The Journal sent to all pharmacists in England. The online version is available as a PDF (165K) or via the NHSnet (nww.npc.ppa.nhs.uk).

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