A CORONER'S investigation into the death of an 83 year-old patient admitted to the Mersey Community Hospital near Devonport, Tasmania, has found she would "In all likelihood" have survived if she had been continued with her pantoprazole.
A Tasmanian Health Service review into Margaret Patricia Kenney's death from a stomach bleed, 13 Nov 2017, found there was no clear documentation regarding medications being withheld or the rationale behind it.
NPS Medicinewise has recently been making strong overtures to prescribers to deprescribe proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has imposed authority required restrictions on PPIs.
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