Physicians need to take the lead in deprescribing.
Inappropriate polypharmacy and its associated harm pose a significant threat to older patients. The prescribing decisions of physicians greatly influence what other practitioners prescribe. Minimising medication-related harm requires physicians to adopt a systematic approach to the deliberate and judicious deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medicines in at-risk individuals.
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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D000069340:Deprescriptions; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000639:trends; D007857:Leadership; D010819:Physician's Role; D019338:Polypharmacy
deprescribing; harm; medicine; older patient; polypharmacy