Deciding When It's Better to Deprescribe Medicines Than to Continue Them

. 2023 Dec 26;330(24):2328-2330.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.22245.

Rita Rubin. JAMA. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 26;330(24):2328-2330.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.22245.

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This Medical News article discusses why physicians don’t stop prescribing drugs that may no longer be needed.

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