title: [How I treat....Recommendations for stopping a pharmacological therapy].
abstract: To interrupt a pharmacological treatment is sometimes warranted in clinical practice. It may appear as an easy task, simpler to undertake than the initiation of a new therapy, and, yet, it requires that some conditions be fulfilled and some precautions be taken: (1) the reasons why the medication is interrupted should be clearly explained; (2) the physician should make sure that the interruption, even if transient, is without danger; (3) the modalities of interruption should be clearly determined (immediate cessation vs progressive dose reduction), and, finally, (4) an appropriate follow-up of the duly informed patient should be scheduled.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Scheen
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000592:standards*