Why the study?
Polypharmacy is common in elderly adults and is associated with increased risk of falls and adverse medication events, necessitating evaluation and management in clinical practice.
Population
Elderly adult population
Authors
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Routine medication review and deprescribing merit consideration in elderly patients; leaves open need for RCTs quantifying net benefit.
Evaluation of polypharmacy through medication reconciliation and deprescribing is an important part of clinical assessment in the elderly to reduce adverse drug reactions.
Badri et al. (2023) studied this question.
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