High exposure to anticholinergic and sedative medications among older people in Ireland highlights significant opportunities for deprescribing.
May support medication review in older Irish adults; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
The majority of older people in Ireland are exposed to medications with anticholinergic and/or sedative effects, particularly females and those with multiple comorbidities. The high use of low-dose codeine/paracetamol combination products, Z-drugs and benzodiazepines, suggests there are opportunities for deprescribing.
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