Start Upstream, Leverage the Team—Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia

AR Green - JAMA Internal Medicine, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
People with dementia face a higher risk of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate
medication use compared to those without cognitive impairment. 1 Deprescribing has been …

Exploring the association between intention and action in deprescribing

HB Mehta, VK Sekhon, E Reeve… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
RESULTS Of the 1938 older adults who completed the PATD, 694 used≥ 1 PIM in the 6
months prior. The five most common PIM at baseline were opioids (315, 16%), proton pump …

An Educational Intervention to Promote Central Nervous System-Active Deprescribing in Dementia: A Pilot Study

NM Barnett, SE Vordenberg, HM Kim, M Turnwald… - Drugs & Aging, 2025 - Springer
Background Central nervous system (CNS)-active polypharmacy (defined as concurrent
exposure to three or more antidepressant, antipsychotic, antiseizure, benzodiazepine …