Deprescribing in patients with multimorbidity: a necessary process

Eur J Intern Med. 2015 Sep;26(7):e18-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.06.011. Epub 2015 Jul 4.

Authors

Aitana Rodríguez Pérez¹, Eva Rocío Alfaro Lara², María Dolores Nieto Martín³, Alberto Ruiz Cantero⁴, Bernardo Santos Ramos⁵

Affiliations

¹ Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Avda Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain. Electronic address: aitanarp@gmail.com.
² Drug Evaluation Department, Andalusian Agency for Health Technology Assessment, Spain.
³ Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Spain.
⁴ Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de la Serranía (Ronda), Spain.
⁵ Pharmacy Department, AGS Sur de Sevilla, Spain.

PMID: 26148432
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.06.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Appropriateness; Deprescribing; Patients with multimorbidity.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Comorbidity*
Deprescriptions*
Drug Prescriptions / standards*
Humans