Background Managing polypharmacy is a challenge for healthcare systems globally. It is
also a health inequality concern as it can expose some of the most vulnerable in society to …

Aims This review investigates the factors that influence deprescribing of medications in
primary care from the perspective of general practitioners (GPs) and community‐living older …

Deprescribing can be defined as the process of withdrawal or dose reduction of medications
which are considered inappropriate in an individual. The aim of this narrative review is to …

Introduction: There is increasing recognition of the need for deprescribing of inappropriate
medications in older adults. However, efforts to encourage implementation of deprescribing …

Background Inappropriate medication use is common in the elderly and the risks associated
with their use are well known. The term deprescribing has been utilised to describe the …

The use of multiple medicines, known as polypharmacy, poses a risk of harm that is greatest
in older adults with multimorbidity. Deprescribing aims to improve health outcomes through …

Aims Deprescribing is the process of reducing or discontinuing medicines that are
unnecessary or deemed to be harmful. We aimed to investigate general practitioner (GP) …

Background Mixed findings about deprescribing impact have emerged from varied study
designs, interventions, outcome measures and targeting sub-categories of medications or …

Background Deprescribing describes the complex process that is required for the safe and
effective cessation of medications that are likely to cause more harm than benefit …

Purpose This study aimed to explore the physician's knowledge and identify the perceived
barriers that prevent family medicine physicians from engaging in deprescribing among …