Deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of tapering or stopping medications in order to improve a patient health outcomes by reducing exposure to drugs that have become harmful or are no longer needed. Clinicians typically consider deprescribing when a medication may be causing harm, has stopped being effective, or no longer suits a patient current circumstances, with the aims of addressing polypharmacy, preventing adverse effects, and improving overall health.
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Why does deprescribing need a healthcare provider?
Because stopping a medicine can sometimes cause withdrawal effects or worsen a condition.
The organization deprescribing.org explains that stopping medications can sometimes produce withdrawal effects or worsen some conditions. For that reason it says deprescribing needs to be done carefully in partnership between a patient and their healthcare provider. This describes how the practice is understood, and it is not medical advice for any individual.
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1. Wikipedia
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2. Deprescribing (Wikipedia)
- Worlds first published use of the term deprescribing described in 2003 by Michael Woodward, History section
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprescribing, lead section
Deprescribing is a process of tapering or stopping medications to achieve improved health outcomes by reducing exposure to medications that are potentially either harmful or no longer required.
In Group: Treatment Strategies and Prescribing Patterns, Introduction
Deprescribing is a process of tapering or stopping medications to achieve improved health outcomes by reducing exposure to medications that are potentially either harmful or no longer required.
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