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(0)Mark Horowitz
1) The Maudsley deprescribing guidelines: antidepressants, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids and z-drugs
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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"The term 'deprescribing' originates from geriatric medicine where polypharmacy in frail patients can cause more harm than benefit.1 Deprescribing is increasingly recognised to be a key component of good prescribing - reducing doses when they are too high, and stopping medications when they are no longer needed.2 This process cannot occur in a vacuum of theoretical concerns but should take into account the patient's health, current level of functioning...