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New website promotes tackling insomnia without use of medication
July 13, 2018 - A website created by a Nova Scotia pharmacist aims to help Canadians wean themselves off sleeping pills by teaching them how to treat insomnia without drugs. David Gardner talks about said the side effects associated with sleeping pills that are...
Diabetes Medications: Should You Deprescribe Them in the Elderly?
December 27, 2018 - Barbara Farrell discusses the recently developed antihyperglycemic deprescribing algorithm and guidelines, developed by the BRI Deprescribing Guidelines Research Team with Medscape
The other big drug problem: Older people taking too many pills
December 9, 2017 - Barbara Farrell discusses the ongoing issue of older people taking too many medications and ways to facilitate deprescribing with the Washington Post
New Canadian Network Tackles Overprescribing
September 14, 2016 - Cara Tannenbaum and Barb Farrell discuss CaDeN and ongoing research and initiatives that are helping curb risky prescription drug use among seniors in the Canadian Medical Association Journal
Deprescribing as Important as Prescribing
October 1, 2016 - Barb Farrell talks about the deprescribing guidelines and the work of the Bruyère Research Institute and the Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) in the Ottawa Citizen