In the News
Interview #4: Development of a Dutch deprescribing guideline
Hello, deprescribers! Today we have another interview blog post with Dr. Petra Denig, Professor at the University of Groningen, telling us about the development of deprescribing recommendations for the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline on polypharmacy in older people....
Interview #3: Deprescribing experiences from a virtual pharmacology outpatient clinic in Denmark
Hello, deprescribers! Today we have another interview blog post with Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Clinical Pharmacologist at Odense University Hospital and Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark, telling about his experiences with deprescribing in a...
Guest Blog Post #12: Protecting the human right to try: Evidence-based deprescription of antipsychotic medication
Hello, deprescribing world. Today we have Dr. Helene Speyer, MD, Ph.D. at Mental Health Center Copenhagen (Denmark), telling us about an ongoing project on deprescribing of antipsychotics. Take it away, Helene! “When can I get off this medication?” Most people taking...
Guest Blog Post #11: Deprescribing experiences from a primary care pharmacist
Welcome to another guest blog post. Today we have Cynthia Leung, pharmacist at the Queen’s Family Health Team (in Kingston, Canada) and the person behind the blog DRUGOPINIONS, sharing her experiences with deprescribing as practicing pharmacist in primary care,...
Nursing Home Residents as a Priority Population for Deprescribing
Welcome to our 10th guest blog post. Today Dr. Joshua Niznik of the University of North Carolina will tell us about his work on overtreatment and deprescribing in nursing home residents in the US. Take it away! Nursing Home Residents are a Priority Population for...