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⚠️ Many meds can impair cognition. Helpful list of tools to help you identify meds that could cause drug-induced cognitive impairment: accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100… ACCP Mia Lussier Also check out our tools to #deprescribe some of these meds here: deprescribing.org/resources/depr…

Wishing all of our fellow #Deprescribers a Joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2025! 🎄 🎊 🥂

More data to suggest using low-dose quetiapine for insomnia in older adults can be associated with higher rates of mortality, dementia, and falls: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Learn more about #deprescribing potentially inappropriate #antipsychotics here: deprescribing.org/resources/depr…

Great to see #Deprescribing & the reduction of #Polypharmacy mentioned in The Lancet Healthy Longevity as crucial interventions when caring for individuals with dementia and frailty: buff.ly/4gGU7mB Helpful compilation of expert recommendations from Miguel G. Borda M.D, PhD's team! 👏

Population-based study: As # of meds ⬆️ , so does the anticholinergic burden, use of inappropriate meds, & presence of drug-drug interactions buff.ly/3WcwVoa Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety Justin Turner Review med appropriateness using our tools here: buff.ly/48I6Ph9

Certain medications can affect memory & brain function. As part of our efforts to promote brain health for #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth, check out our “Medications and Memory” article to learn which meds may have negative effects on cognition and how to minimize risks of harm.

Highly intriguing read! 🚨 International study identifies four distinct classes of older adults w.r.t. #deprescribing preferences. Read more about the unique characteristics & perspectives of each group here: buff.ly/3Wsc9B3 @KristieWeir @SarahVordenberg

Great investigation into the "Cognitive Footprint of Medication Use" from the team of martin rossor & UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology: buff.ly/3Cmh8MA More medications may have an impact on cognition than you think! Another reason to take a second look at your meds: buff.ly/48I6Ph9

Do #polypharmacy & #multimorbidity go hand in hand? Large 🇨🇦 study using two national datasets finds this is NOT always the case! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… "Many living with multimorbidity do not necessarily have polypharmacy" 📢 Inappropriate polypharmacy CAN be preventable!

Study in nursing homes across the Netherlands 🇳🇱: Only half of psychotropic drug use cases met guideline recommendations for appropriateness: buff.ly/4aXZ3S9 JAMDA NERDeprescribing More work needs to done to reduce this discrepancy. buff.ly/48I6Ph9