How was FIRM-Rx index developed, how well does it predict injurious falls in nursing homes, & how could it inform deprescribing?
Join Dr. Sarah Berry, MD, MPH, on Dec. 3 for our Int’l Deprescribing Journal Club to discuss the implications.
Host: @deprescribeus.bsky.social 🇺🇸
👉 tinyurl.com/27sa5z8d
Join Dr. Sarah Berry, MD, MPH, on Dec. 3 for our Int’l Deprescribing Journal Club to discuss the implications.
Host: @deprescribeus.bsky.social 🇺🇸
👉 tinyurl.com/27sa5z8d
November 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
How was FIRM-Rx index developed, how well does it predict injurious falls in nursing homes, & how could it inform deprescribing?
Join Dr. Sarah Berry, MD, MPH, on Dec. 3 for our Int’l Deprescribing Journal Club to discuss the implications.
Host: @deprescribeus.bsky.social 🇺🇸
👉 tinyurl.com/27sa5z8d
Join Dr. Sarah Berry, MD, MPH, on Dec. 3 for our Int’l Deprescribing Journal Club to discuss the implications.
Host: @deprescribeus.bsky.social 🇺🇸
👉 tinyurl.com/27sa5z8d
On Oct. 7, @uottawa.ca PharmD student Sonia Terki & Rosalin Benedict represented us at @usherbrooke.bsky.social’s Nursing Wine & Cheese event. They shared deprescribing resources, connected w/ students & nurses, & heard that some students are seeing deprescribing in their coursework. Thanks, both! 💙
November 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
On Oct. 7, @uottawa.ca PharmD student Sonia Terki & Rosalin Benedict represented us at @usherbrooke.bsky.social’s Nursing Wine & Cheese event. They shared deprescribing resources, connected w/ students & nurses, & heard that some students are seeing deprescribing in their coursework. Thanks, both! 💙
Don't miss out on the @deprescribeau.bsky.social's Deprescribing Learning Club on Tuesday Nov 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM EST!
Learn about the complex interplay between the clinical and non-clinical aspects of prescribing, deprescribing, & optimising benzo use.
Register below:
lnkd.in/gSsnHku3
Learn about the complex interplay between the clinical and non-clinical aspects of prescribing, deprescribing, & optimising benzo use.
Register below:
lnkd.in/gSsnHku3
October 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Don't miss out on the @deprescribeau.bsky.social's Deprescribing Learning Club on Tuesday Nov 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM EST!
Learn about the complex interplay between the clinical and non-clinical aspects of prescribing, deprescribing, & optimising benzo use.
Register below:
lnkd.in/gSsnHku3
Learn about the complex interplay between the clinical and non-clinical aspects of prescribing, deprescribing, & optimising benzo use.
Register below:
lnkd.in/gSsnHku3
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
November 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
Find our complimentary deprescribing.org Benzodiazepine and Z-Drug deprescribing guideline, algorithm, and other resources here:
lnkd.in/ggwJhCCy
lnkd.in/ggwJhCCy
Deprescribing.org - Optimizing Medication Use
Deprescribing.org - reducing medications safely to meet life’s changes. Online resources for clinicians and patients to help with deprescribing.
deprescribing.org
October 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Find our complimentary deprescribing.org Benzodiazepine and Z-Drug deprescribing guideline, algorithm, and other resources here:
lnkd.in/ggwJhCCy
lnkd.in/ggwJhCCy
Recommendations for the Deprescribing of Psychotropic Medications jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Recommendations for the Deprescribing of Psychotropic Medications
This consensus statement evaluates clinical situations that would favor deprescription of psychotropic medications and provides broad consensus on its risks and benefits.
jamanetwork.com
November 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Recommendations for the Deprescribing of Psychotropic Medications jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Haven't had a chance to review our #Statin #Deprescribing Guideline and Algorithm yet?
Here's your friendly reminder ‼️
Find our new Statin resources in the link below👇 , including our guideline, algorithm, information pamphlet, plain language summary, & whiteboard video series:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
Here's your friendly reminder ‼️
Find our new Statin resources in the link below👇 , including our guideline, algorithm, information pamphlet, plain language summary, & whiteboard video series:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
November 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Haven't had a chance to review our #Statin #Deprescribing Guideline and Algorithm yet?
Here's your friendly reminder ‼️
Find our new Statin resources in the link below👇 , including our guideline, algorithm, information pamphlet, plain language summary, & whiteboard video series:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
Here's your friendly reminder ‼️
Find our new Statin resources in the link below👇 , including our guideline, algorithm, information pamphlet, plain language summary, & whiteboard video series:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
More than a third of older adults are taking five or more medications a day.
More medications, more risks. If you’re worried, start a deprescribing discussion
www.dailybulletin.com
November 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
More than a third of older adults are taking five or more medications a day.
🎙️ What does safer medication use look like across cultures? On Nov. 1, our Assistant Director Camille Gagnon joined Radio Centre-Ville’s “Réfléchissons à Haute Voix” to discuss deprescribing and the importance of conversations about medications and traditional remedies.
🎧 tinyurl.com/5ey9uwad
🎧 tinyurl.com/5ey9uwad
November 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
🎙️ What does safer medication use look like across cultures? On Nov. 1, our Assistant Director Camille Gagnon joined Radio Centre-Ville’s “Réfléchissons à Haute Voix” to discuss deprescribing and the importance of conversations about medications and traditional remedies.
🎧 tinyurl.com/5ey9uwad
🎧 tinyurl.com/5ey9uwad
🎮 Level up your learning with CAPC Clinical Training Games!
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
October 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🎮 Level up your learning with CAPC Clinical Training Games!
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
There's going to be lots of seniors deprescribing for themselves after 1-1-27.
My insurance co. & my primary are trying to "addiction medicine" levothyroxine & I won't allow white coated cops who withhold meds to control patients force me to tolerate constant monitoring.
My insurance co. & my primary are trying to "addiction medicine" levothyroxine & I won't allow white coated cops who withhold meds to control patients force me to tolerate constant monitoring.
October 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
There's going to be lots of seniors deprescribing for themselves after 1-1-27.
My insurance co. & my primary are trying to "addiction medicine" levothyroxine & I won't allow white coated cops who withhold meds to control patients force me to tolerate constant monitoring.
My insurance co. & my primary are trying to "addiction medicine" levothyroxine & I won't allow white coated cops who withhold meds to control patients force me to tolerate constant monitoring.
Find additional resources helpful to reduce inappropriate antipsychotic use including...
Shared-Decision Making Resources:
buff.ly/Ja6273Q
Our Antipsychotic Deprescribing Guideline, Algorithm and other Resources:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
Shared-Decision Making Resources:
buff.ly/Ja6273Q
Our Antipsychotic Deprescribing Guideline, Algorithm and other Resources:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
Deprescribing in Ontario Long-Term Care - Deprescribing.org
A framework for helping discussions about deprescribing happen
buff.ly
October 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Find additional resources helpful to reduce inappropriate antipsychotic use including...
Shared-Decision Making Resources:
buff.ly/Ja6273Q
Our Antipsychotic Deprescribing Guideline, Algorithm and other Resources:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
Shared-Decision Making Resources:
buff.ly/Ja6273Q
Our Antipsychotic Deprescribing Guideline, Algorithm and other Resources:
buff.ly/m1lMxJh
Deprescribing antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia: findings from a specialized clinic
Most patients undergoing guided antipsychotic tapering remained stable after one year and improved in level of function, most patients who relapsed were stabilized
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Most patients undergoing guided antipsychotic tapering remained stable after one year and improved in level of function, most patients who relapsed were stabilized
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Deprescribing antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia: findings from a specialized clinic
While antipsychotic medication reduces the risk of relapse for patients with schizophrenia, high prevalence of adverse effects results in low adherence. Lower doses of antipsychotics have been associa...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 28, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Deprescribing antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia: findings from a specialized clinic
Most patients undergoing guided antipsychotic tapering remained stable after one year and improved in level of function, most patients who relapsed were stabilized
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Most patients undergoing guided antipsychotic tapering remained stable after one year and improved in level of function, most patients who relapsed were stabilized
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
🗞️ Hot off the press! Our Oct. newsletter features Canadian Patient Safety Week & related resources, a free insomnia & sleeping aids webinar, the next Int'l Deprescribing Journal Club, & a call for content for Choosing Wisely Canada’s 2027 meeting.
🔗 mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
🔗 mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
October 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🗞️ Hot off the press! Our Oct. newsletter features Canadian Patient Safety Week & related resources, a free insomnia & sleeping aids webinar, the next Int'l Deprescribing Journal Club, & a call for content for Choosing Wisely Canada’s 2027 meeting.
🔗 mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
🔗 mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...
🚨New Publication klaxon 🚨
What do children & parents think about healthcare professions attempting deprescribing? This work develops, validates, & uses a paediatric specific tool.
tldr: Broadly supportive, provided initiated by the healthcare team
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
What do children & parents think about healthcare professions attempting deprescribing? This work develops, validates, & uses a paediatric specific tool.
tldr: Broadly supportive, provided initiated by the healthcare team
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BPS Publications
Aims Polypharmacy exists in children and young people (CYP), generating clinician concern and a desire to deprescribe. This study validated and applied a questionnaire to assess the attitudes of CYP...
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
🚨New Publication klaxon 🚨
What do children & parents think about healthcare professions attempting deprescribing? This work develops, validates, & uses a paediatric specific tool.
tldr: Broadly supportive, provided initiated by the healthcare team
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
What do children & parents think about healthcare professions attempting deprescribing? This work develops, validates, & uses a paediatric specific tool.
tldr: Broadly supportive, provided initiated by the healthcare team
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
October 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
🎮 Level up your learning with CAPC Clinical Training Games!
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
October 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
🎮 Level up your learning with CAPC Clinical Training Games!
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
October 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
The right medication decision is not always about adding something new.
Explore approaches to deprescribing, like when it may benefit a patient and starting conversations with patients and families.
Start Deprescribing: A Multipart Series for free on MCD Learn: https://loom.ly/6zsTmkM #pharmacy
Explore approaches to deprescribing, like when it may benefit a patient and starting conversations with patients and families.
Start Deprescribing: A Multipart Series for free on MCD Learn: https://loom.ly/6zsTmkM #pharmacy
October 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The right medication decision is not always about adding something new.
Explore approaches to deprescribing, like when it may benefit a patient and starting conversations with patients and families.
Start Deprescribing: A Multipart Series for free on MCD Learn: https://loom.ly/6zsTmkM #pharmacy
Explore approaches to deprescribing, like when it may benefit a patient and starting conversations with patients and families.
Start Deprescribing: A Multipart Series for free on MCD Learn: https://loom.ly/6zsTmkM #pharmacy
🎮 Level up your learning with CAPC Clinical Training Games!
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
October 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
🎮 Level up your learning with CAPC Clinical Training Games!
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
🔹 A Delirium Whodunit: Understanding the Causes of Delirium
🔹 Deprescribing Escape Room: Reducing Medication-Related Harm
Explore the games today >> https://ow.ly/g3IB50PpfUj
If Recovery Through Deprescribing A Case Study ever confused you, start here. Follow for more like this.
#recoverythrough #coherance #cellular #frequency #energy #meta #mind #science #workout #gym #quantum #molecule
#recoverythrough #coherance #cellular #frequency #energy #meta #mind #science #workout #gym #quantum #molecule
October 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
If Recovery Through Deprescribing A Case Study ever confused you, start here. Follow for more like this.
#recoverythrough #coherance #cellular #frequency #energy #meta #mind #science #workout #gym #quantum #molecule
#recoverythrough #coherance #cellular #frequency #energy #meta #mind #science #workout #gym #quantum #molecule
Rejected petition: "Require more training for GPs on the deprescribing of antidepressants"
#RejectedPetition
#RejectedPetition
Rejected petition: Require more training for GPs on the deprescribing of antidepressants
Over 7 million individuals in the UK take prescribed antidepressants but the lack of proper guidance on tapering off them leads to unnecessary suffering. Research has shown that withdrawal can last weeks, months or even years for some, indicating the need for informed and empathetic medical support.
petition.parliament.uk
October 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Rejected petition: "Require more training for GPs on the deprescribing of antidepressants"
#RejectedPetition
#RejectedPetition
Reducing long-term PPI use – how do three deprescribing strategies compare?
🎤 #UEGWeek top abstract awardee Janne Scheepers takes us through the PEPPER trial’s results, revealing similar success rates across the approaches.
Watch for the key takeaways.
🎤 #UEGWeek top abstract awardee Janne Scheepers takes us through the PEPPER trial’s results, revealing similar success rates across the approaches.
Watch for the key takeaways.
October 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Reducing long-term PPI use – how do three deprescribing strategies compare?
🎤 #UEGWeek top abstract awardee Janne Scheepers takes us through the PEPPER trial’s results, revealing similar success rates across the approaches.
Watch for the key takeaways.
🎤 #UEGWeek top abstract awardee Janne Scheepers takes us through the PEPPER trial’s results, revealing similar success rates across the approaches.
Watch for the key takeaways.
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
October 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar #9
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook
👉 recording: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
More Medications, More Risks. If You’re Worried, Start a Deprescribing Discussion. kffhealthnews.org/aging/health...
More Medications, More Risks. If You’re Worried, Start a Deprescribing Discussion. - KFF Health News
As people take a greater number of medications across years or decades, experts say the risk for adverse drug interactions increases. One way to advocate for yourself? Keep a list of your meds handy.
kffhealthnews.org
October 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
More Medications, More Risks. If You’re Worried, Start a Deprescribing Discussion. kffhealthnews.org/aging/health...