"Deprescriptions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Directions written to discontinue use of PRESCRIPTION DRUGS in order to reduce unnecessary and/or excessive medications (see POLYPHARMACY), DRUG SIDE EFFECTS and ADVERSE DRUG REACTION.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.698.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deprescriptions" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluating the Safety of an Educational Deprescribing Intervention: Lessons from the Optimize Trial. Drugs Aging. 2024 Jan; 41(1):45-54.
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Ethical Aspects of Physician Decision-Making for Deprescribing Among Older Adults With Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 10 02; 6(10):e2336728.
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Willingness of older people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their caregivers to have medications deprescribed. Age Ageing. 2023 01 08; 52(1).
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Deprescribing medications: Do out-of-pocket costs have a role? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 11; 70(11):3334-3337.
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Perspectives on Deprescribing Communication in Primary Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 04; 36(4):1122.
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Designing a Primary Care-Based Deprescribing Intervention for Patients with Dementia and Multiple Chronic Conditions: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 12; 35(12):3556-3563.
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The OPTIMIZE patient- and family-centered, primary care-based deprescribing intervention for older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and multiple chronic conditions: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Jun 18; 21(1):542.
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Barriers and Facilitators to the Deprescribing of Nonbenzodiazepine Sedative Medications Among Older Adults. Perm J. 2018; 22:17-157.