A CONSULTANT PHARMACIST INTERVENTION TO DEPRESCRIBE OPIOIDS AND BENZODIAZEPINES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN PRIMARY CARE
Joshua Niznik, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Lori Armistead, Benjamin Urick, Liang Zhao, Stefanie Ferreri · 2023
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Joshua Niznik and co-authors evaluate a pharmacist-led effort to cut long-term opioid and benzodiazepine use in older adults. Both drug families can harm aging patients, yet stopping them safely takes expertise many clinics lack. Fifteen primary care clinics were randomized: eight received a consultant pharmacist who reviewed medications and recommended tapering, and seven gave standard care.
The study covered about a thousand users of each drug family, and recommendations were issued for seventy-one percent of users in the intervention clinics. Prescribing doses fell a bit more in the intervention group over the next year, but the gaps were not statistically significant. Falls did not drop either. The authors call the model feasible for delivering deprescribing advice, while its measured impact stayed modest.
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| CREATOR | Joshua Niznik, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Lori Armistead, Benjamin Urick, Liang Zhao, Stefanie Ferreri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |