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Cumulative Medicines

Therapeutic Brief

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  5. Elbeddini A, Sawhney M, Tayefehchamani Y, Yilmaz Z, Elshahawi A, Josh Villegas J et al. Deprescribing for all: a narrative review identifying inappropriate polypharmacy for all ages in hospital settings. BMJ Open Qual. 2021; 10(3).
  6. Cahir C, Wallace E, Cummins A, Teljeur C, Byrne C, Bennett K et al. Identifying adverse drug events in older community-dwelling patients. Ann Fam Med. 2019; 17(2): 133-140.4.
  7. Schoenmakers T, Teichert M, Wensing M, de Smet P. Evaluation of potentially drug-related patient-reported common symptoms assessed during clinical medication reviews: a cross-sectional observational study. Drug safety. 2017; 40(5): 419-430.
  8. Schoenmakers T, Wensing M, De Smet P, Teichert M. Patient-reported common symptoms as an assessment of interventions in medication reviews: a randomised, controlled trial. Int J Clin Pharm. 2018; 40(1): 126-134.
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  10. Doherty A, Boland P, Reed J, Clegg A, Stephani A, Williams N et al. Barriers and facilitators to deprescribing in primary care: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract Open. 2020; 4(3).
  11. Halli-Tierney A, Scarbrough C, Carroll D. Polypharmacy: Evaluating risks and deprescribing. Am Fam Physician. 2019; 100(1): 32-38.
  12. Wallis K, Andrews A, Henderson M. Swimming against the tide: Primary care physicians' views on deprescribing in everyday practice. Ann Fam Med. 2017; 15(4): 341-346.
  13. Scott I, Le Couteur D. Physicians need to take the lead in deprescribing. Intern Med J. 2015; 45(3): 352-356.
  14. Avery A, Bell B. Rationalising medications through deprescribing. BMJ. 2019; 364: l570.
  15. Le Bosquet K, Barnett N, Minshull J. Deprescribing: Practical ways to support person-centred, evidence-based deprescribing. Pharmacy. 2019; 7(3): 129.
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  18. Ailabouni N, Rebecca Weir K, Reeve E, Turner J, Wilson Norton J, Gray S. Barriers and enablers of older adults initiating a deprescribing conversation. Patient Educ Couns. 2021.
  19. Reeve E, Low L-F, Hilmer S. Beliefs and attitudes of older adults and carers about deprescribing of medications: a qualitative focus group study. Br J Gen Pract. 2016; 66(649): e552-e560.
  20. Reeve E, Shakib S, Hendrix I, Roberts M, Wiese M. Review of deprescribing processes and development of an evidence-based, patient-centred deprescribing process. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2014; 78(4): 738-747.
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Case Scenario

  1. Liacos M, Page A, Etherton-Beer C. Deprescribing in older people. Aust Prescr. 2020; 43(4): 114-120.
  2. Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand (bpacnz). Stopping proton pump inhibitors in older people. January 2019. Available at:  www.bpac.org.nz/2019/ppi.aspx [Accessed February 2022].
  3. Australian Medicines Handbook (online). Adelaide: Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd; [Accessed March 2023]. Available from: https://amhonline.amh.net.au/