POLYPHARMACY is increasing among older Australians, raising their risk of experiencing medication-related harm, according to Wollongong University researchers who identified factors affecting the process of deprescribing by GPs.
"Limited time to review medications, poor communication between prescribers and a perception that other prescribers do not respect their role as overall coordinators of their older patients' medications were considered by respondents to be unsupportive of deprescribing," authors wrote.
They added that "deprescribing is not routinely considered in practice".
The Australian Journal of Primary Health paper is at publish.csiro.au.
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