McKnight's July 28, 2021
More prescriptions do not necessarily mean better health outcomes. Deprescribing, which is the planned and supervised process of intentionally stopping a medication or reducing its dose, is a critically important part of delivering safe, effective, patient-centered care, especially for older adults.
I commend AMDA — the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine — for its Drive to Deprescribe campaign, which draws attention to the polypharmacy risk for older adults and the importance of deprescribing to improve a patient’s overall health and reduce the risk of adverse events. It is not unusual for older adults and others with multiple health conditions to take five or more prescribed medications daily, and the average number of prescriptions administered in post-acute and...
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