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What makes a multidisciplinary medication review and deprescribing intervention for older people work well in primary care? A realist review and synthesis

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background A third of older people take five or more regular medications (polypharmacy). Conducting medication reviews in primary care is key to identify and reduce/ stop inappropriate medications (deprescribing).
E. Radcliffe, Renée Servin, N. Cox, S. Lim, Q. Tan, C. Howard, C. Sheikh, Paul Rutter, S. Latter, M. Lown, L. Brad, S. Fraser, Katherine Bradbury, H. C. Roberts, A. Saucedo, K. Ibrahim   +15 more
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Recommendations for community pharmacy to improve access to medication advice for people from ethnic minority communities: A qualitative person‐centred codesign study

Health Expectations, 2022
Introduction Medicines‐centred consultations are vital to support medicine effectiveness and optimize health outcomes for patients. However, inequalities negatively impact ethnic minority populations when accessing medicines advice.
Anna Robinson, Nicola O'Brien, Laura Sile, Harpreet K. Guraya, Thorrun Govind, Vicki Harris, Guy Pilkington, Adam Todd, Andy Husband   +8 more
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Screening for severe drug-drug interactions in patients with multiple sclerosis: A comparison of three drug interaction databases

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) often undergo complex treatment regimens, resulting in an increased risk of polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs).
Michael Hecker, Niklas Frahm, Paula Bachmann, Jane Louisa Debus, Marie-Celine Haker, Pegah Mashhadiakbar, Silvan Elias Langhorst, Julia Baldt, Julia Baldt, Barbara Streckenbach, Barbara Streckenbach, Felicita Heidler, Uwe Klaus Zettl   +12 more
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GP-delivered medication review of polypharmacy, deprescribing, and patient priorities in older people with multimorbidity in Irish primary care (SPPiRE Study): A cluster randomised controlled trial

PLoS Medicine, 2022
Background There is a rising prevalence of multimorbidity, particularly in older patients, and a need for evidence-based medicines management interventions for this population.
C. McCarthy, B. Clyne, F. Boland, F. Moriarty, M. Flood, E. Wallace, Susan M. Smith   +6 more
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Medication reviews [PDF]

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2012
Recent years have seen a formalization of medication review by pharmacists in all settings of care. This article describes the different types of medication review provided in primary care in the UK National Health Service (NHS), summarizes the evidence of effectiveness and considers how such reviews might develop in the future.
Alison, Blenkinsopp, Christine, Bond, David K, Raynor   +2 more
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Medication review interventions to reduce hospital readmissions in older people

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2021
To assess the efficacy of medication review as an isolated intervention and with several co‐interventions for preventing hospital readmissions in older adults.
L. Dautzenberg, Lisa Bretagne, H. Koek, Sofia Tsokani, Stella Zevgiti, N. Rodondi, R. Scholten, A. Rutjes, M. Di Nisio, Renee C M A Raijmann, M. Emmelot-Vonk, E. Jennings, O. Dalleur, D. Mavridis, W. Knol   +14 more
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Perspectives of pharmacists in general practice from qualitative focus groups with patients during a pilot study

BJGP Open, 2022
Background: Utilising skill mix in general practice is proposed as a solution to the demand–supply issue. Pharmacists can play an important role in this context, leading to an increase in training and funding for independent prescriber roles.
Claire Mann, Claire Anderson, Matthew Boyd, Yasmin Karsan, Tristan Emerson   +4 more
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Improving individualized prescription in patients with multimorbidity through medication review

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Older patients tend to have multimorbidity, represented by multiple chronic diseases or geriatric conditions, which leads to a growing number of prescribed medications.
N. Molist-Brunet, D. Sevilla-Sánchez, E. Puigoriol-Juvanteny, M. Barneto-Soto, J. González-Bueno, J. Espaulella-Panicot   +5 more
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Patient perceptions and experiences of medication review: qualitative study in general practice

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Clinical medication reviews are a recognised strategy to address polypharmacy, a key part of general practice and positively associated with patient safety and clinical effectiveness.
D. McCahon, P. Duncan, R. Payne, J. Horwood   +3 more
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Early implementation of the structured medication review in England: a qualitative study

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2022
Background NHS England has introduced a new structured medication review (SMR) service within primary care networks (PCNs) forming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
M. Madden, T. Mills, K. Atkin, D. Stewart, J. Mccambridge   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source