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Reducing prescribing cascades Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 138 examines methods for reducing prescribing cascades. Conclusions: Prescribing cascades cause avoidable polypharmacy and harms. Prevent them by careful indication-based prescribing and screening for cascades during medication reviews. Utilize expert pharmacist or medical consultation when available. Start by familiarization with cascades involving drugs common in primary care; reduce doses if deprescribing seems too radical. Identifying a prescribing cascade is a teachable moment: use it.

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Title
Reducing prescribing cascades
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 138
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2022-08
Description
Therapeutics Letter 138 examines methods for reducing prescribing cascades. Conclusions: Prescribing cascades cause avoidable polypharmacy and harms. Prevent them by careful indication-based prescribing and screening for cascades during medication reviews. Utilize expert pharmacist or medical consultation when available. Start by familiarization with cascades involving drugs common in primary care; reduce doses if deprescribing seems too radical. Identifying a prescribing cascade is a teachable moment: use it.
Subject
Deprescriptions; Inappropriate Prescribing; Pharmacists; Polypharmacy; Referral and Consultation
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433715
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85125
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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