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Drug deprescription—withdrawal risk, prevention, and treatment [PDF]
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2019 In most cases, a sudden interruption of most medications has no major consequences. There are well-recognized therapies that, when withheld, can either lead to the reappearance of the symptoms they were controlling or to signs or symptoms of withdrawal.
Madison K. Bangert, Gabriel M. Aisenberg
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Clinical Hypertension, 2023 Background Although antihypertensive drug therapy is commonly believed to be a life-long therapy, several recent guidelines have suggested that antihypertensive medications can be gradually reduced or discontinued for some patients whose blood pressure ...
Hae-Young Lee, Kyoung Suk Lee
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Improving Pharmacists’ Targeting of Patients for Medication Review and Deprescription [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2018 Background: In an acute hospital setting, a multi-disciplinary approach to medication review can improve prescribing and medicine selection in patients with frailty. There is a need for a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of pharmacists to ensure that interventions have the greatest impact on patient care.
Vanessa Marvin +4 more
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Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2023 The ongoing increase in the proportion of elderly people in society, sometimes referred to as the aging societies phenomenon, has numerous effects. Multimorbidity affects about every third person in the general population and, on average, the likelihood ...
Anna Susło +3 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 Purpose: The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM) list and alternative therapies for treatment of pain and inflammation in older people adapted to the Brazilian context.Methods: A preliminary ...
Fabiane Raquel Motter +3 more
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Benzodiazepine deprescription strategies in chronic users: a systematic review
Family Practice, 2021 AbstractBackgroundAs long-term use of benzodiazepines increases, adverse effects also become more frequent, especially in elderly adults. Due the potential of causing dependence, poor patient adherence and a lack of awareness of side effects, deprescription is challenging.ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify what are the effective approaches to ...
Péricles Ricardo de Souza Ribeiro +1 more
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Evidence for deprescription in primary care through an umbrella review [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2020 Abstract Background There is a high prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions in primary care. This is associated with more frequent adverse events, lower quality of life and more frequent visits to hospital accident & emergency departments.
Antonio Olry de Labry Lima +5 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Potentially inappropriate medication use is prevalent among older adults in primary care, leading to increased morbidity, adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations, and mortality.
Roxana De las salas +4 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Background: Motivating patients to discontinue long-term benzodiazepine receptor agonist (BZRA) use for insomnia remains an important challenge in primary care because of the medication's unfavourable risk-benefit profile.
Kristien Coteur +4 more
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Le cercle d'Autun. Les sources de la statuaire dans la Bourgogne romane [PDF]
, 2013 L’école romane de sculpture sur bois de Bourgogne se développe sur une courte durée, principalement dans la première moitié du xiie siècle, et cette tradition locale est entrelacée de plusieurs courants.
Bertoni Cren, Nadia,
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