 Deprescriptions
"Deprescriptions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D000069340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.698.500
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deprescriptions" by people in Profiles.
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Bayliss EA, Goodrich GK, Barrow JC, Harding B, Ripley CA, Kraus CR, Paolino V, Norton JD, Sheehan OC, Weffald LA, Green AR, Palen TE, Reeve E, Maciejewski ML, Boyd CM. Discontinuation Categories Underlying Gaps in Dispensing for Six Medication Groups. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025 Apr; 34(4):e70142.
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Green AR, Rosado RQ, Daddato AE, Wec A, Gleason K, McPhail TT, Merrey J, Weffald L, Swarthout M, Feeser S, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Blinka MD, Bayliss EA, Boxer RS. Aligning Medications With What Matters Most: Conversations Between Pharmacists, People With Dementia, and Care Partners. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Apr; 73(4):1189-1197.
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Dublin S, Albertson-Junkans L, Pham Nguyen TP, Pavon JM, Hastings SN, Maciejewski ML, Willis A, Zepel L, Hennessy S, Albers KB, Mowery D, Clark AG, Thomas S, Steinman MA, Boyd CM, Bayliss EA. Defining key deprescribing measures from electronic health data: A multisite data harmonization project. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Feb; 73(2):399-410.
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Li X, Bayliss EA, Brookhart MA, Maciejewski ML. Assessing causality in deprescribing studies: A focus on adverse drug events and adverse drug withdrawal events. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Mar; 73(3):697-706.
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Thompson W, Lundby C, Bleik A, Waring H, Hong JA, Xi C, Hughes C, Salzwedel DM, McDonald EG, Pruskowski J, Scott S, Spinewine A, Kutner JS, Graab?k T, Elmi S, Moriarty F. Measuring Quality of Life in Deprescribing Trials: A Scoping Review. Drugs Aging. 2024 May; 41(5):379-397.
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Green AR, Quiles R, Daddato AE, Merrey J, Weffald L, Gleason K, Xue QL, Swarthout M, Feeser S, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Blinka MD, Libby AM, Boxer RS. Pharmacist-led telehealth deprescribing for people living with dementia and polypharmacy in primary care: A pilot study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jul; 72(7):1973-1984.
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Boyd CM, Shetterly SM, Powers JD, Weffald LA, Green AR, Sheehan OC, Reeve E, Drace ML, Norton JD, Maiyani M, Gleason KS, Sawyer JK, Maciejewski ML, Wolff JL, Kraus C, Bayliss EA. 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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Langford AV, Bero L, Lin CC, Blyth FM, Doctor JN, Holliday S, Jeon YH, Moullin JC, Murnion B, Nielsen S, Penm J, Reeve E, Reid S, Wale J, Osman R, Gnjidic D, Schneider CR. Context matters: using an Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework to develop and encourage uptake of opioid deprescribing guideline recommendations at the point-of-care. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Jan; 165:111204.
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Norton JD, Zeng C, Bayliss EA, Shetterly SM, Williams N, Reeve E, Wynia MK, Green AR, Drace ML, Gleason KS, Sheehan OC, Boyd CM. 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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Green AR, Weffald LA, Powers JD, Drace ML, Norton JD, Boyd CM, Bayliss EA. Assessing medication appropriateness as a deprescribing outcome. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 12; 71(12):3918-3920.
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