Issue 3
Deprescribing: Managing Medications to Reduce Polypharmacy
This bulletin discusses deprescribing as a method to manage polypharmacy, which is the concurrent use of 5 or more medications where the theoretical benefits are outweighed by the negative effects of the sheer number of medications.
Key Words
- Seniors, geriatric medicine
- Drug-drug interaction
- Patient partnership
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