Polypharmacy

Patients prescribed a higher number of overall medications had a lower probability of initiating or achieving optimal guideline-directed medical therapy for HF, despite higher risk for long-term outcomes, data show.

Polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions appeared associated with increased risk for adverse treatment outcomes among older adults with advanced cancer, according to a secondary analysis of the GAP70+ trial published in Cancer.

There was a sustained reduction in ambulatory BP out to 9 years in patients who underwent renal denervation for resistant hypertension, according to a study published in Hypertension.

A pharmacist- or nurse practitioner-led deprescribing intervention successfully reduced medication use among hospitalized older adults who were discharged or transitioning to a post-acute care facility, data show.

WASHINGTON — In a Healio video exclusive, Leen Al-Sayyed, MD, gastroenterology and transplant hepatology fellow at St. Louis University, reported women with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-cirrhosis had an increased prevalence for polypharmacy.

The 2022 Cardiometabolic Health Congress will return in-person to Boston with the latest updates spanning all aspects of cardiometabolic health, including CVD, diabetes, kidney disease, lipid and lifestyle management and obesity.

Gerontology researchers and hematologic oncology investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have devised a scale for assessing high-risk medications in older patients with blood cancers.

CHICAGO ⁠— While there are several challenges to deprescribing, applying a practical algorithm of care may ease some of the anxiety that older patients experience during this process, according to a presentation at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

The AGA has issued a clinical practice update on de-prescribing proton pump inhibitors, according to an article in Gastroenterology.

Communicating via electronic medical records to notify pharmacies of discontinued medications may reduce potential safety events and costs, a speaker reported.