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Interview #6: Hospital admission as an opportunity for deprescribing?
Recently the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (CJHP) published an article where the question “Should hospital admission be used as an opportunity for deprescribing in older adults?” was fiercely debated. Today we interview two hospital pharmacists, Pam Howell...
Interview #5: Deprescribing in telemedicine
Hello, deprescribers! Today we are excited to have another interview post with clinical pharmacist Pam Howell (Ontario, Canada), telling us about her (deprescribing) experiences working as part of the telemedicine initiative GeriMedRisk. Q: You are part...
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...