Effectiveness of pharmacist intervention for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications: a prospective observational study

• Main Authors: Takeshi Kimura (Author), Misa Fujita (Author), Michiko Shimizu (Author), Kasumi Sumiyoshi (Author), Saho Bansho (Author), Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Author), Tomohiro Omura (Author), Ikuko Yano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and polypharmacy in older adults lead to increase the risk of adverse drug events. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacist intervention combining the criteria for detecting PIMs with the deprescribing algorithm on...