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AuthorZidan, Amani
AuthorAwaisu, Ahmed
Available date2023-11-05T06:14:30Z
Publication Date2023
Publication NameBasic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
ResourceScopus
ISSN17427835
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.13920
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/49015
AbstractMedication burden and polypharmacy are highly prevalent among patients with multimorbidity. There have been multiple initiatives to overcome polypharmacy and medication burden in patients with multimorbidity. These initiatives have evolved over time as effective in reducing the negative health consequences of polypharmacy. In recent years, the concept and practice of deprescribing has emerged and gained popularity as an efficient comprehensive approach to manage polypharmacy and ultimately improve health outcomes. Clinicians and researchers with interest in deprescribing view it as a novel and unique strategy that should be a part of effective prescribing process. However, other traditional polypharmacy management strategies such as drug review and medication therapy management still coexist. It is intriguing if deprescribing is considered as a type of these strategies or not. This narrative mini-review explored published literature in an effort to ascertain the differences and similarities between deprescribing and other prominent polypharmacy management interventions. It is clear that there is an overlap between deprescribing and inappropriate polypharmacy management. This is represented by focusing on multimorbid older adults, using similar explicit and implicit tools and having drug review as the core principle of both approaches. This overlap has probably made deprescribing considered as one of polypharmacy management approaches.
Languageen
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjectdeprescribing
inappropriate polypharmacy management
polypharmacy
TitleInappropriate polypharmacy management versus deprescribing: A review on their relationship
TypeArticle Review
dc.accessType Open Access


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