Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: 

• HRT for primary prevention? About 25% of menopausal-age women have no symptoms and so do not require HRT to treat vasomotor or other hormone-related issues. However, they may be influenced by media messages suggesting that HRT could be used to prevent certain chronic diseases. What do we advise?
• “I’m struggling…” GP burnout has been in the news again: not a surprise to most of us working in primary care. It can affect any role – not just GPs. We share some resources that can hopefully help, however you're feeling at the moment. 
•  COVID…there’s a lot of it around…again! We summarise the current state of play with antiviral treatments for COVID. We need to know about this so that we can signpost appropriate patients to access treatment – whatever our local route.  
• Common, easily missed and affects 10% of females of reproductive age… We discuss endometriosis, including options for first-line management, reasons for referral and surgery, and the impact of menopause on endometriosis.

And hear about a hot and sticky cornered colleague…

Boggled Docs episode 'Focus Your Mind On The Menopause':
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1300702/10567446-focus-your-mind-on-the-menopause

Supporting information on risk factors for progression to severe COVID-19:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta878/chapter/5-Supporting-information-on-risk-factors-for-progression-to-severe-COVID-19

Liverpool University COVID-19 drug interactions tool:
https://www.covid19-druginteractions.org/checker

See transcript tab on Buzzsprout site for full show notes with links...

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