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Anticholinergic co‐prescribing in nursing home residents using cholinesterase inhibitors: Potential deprescribing cascade

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Published in 2022 at "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society"

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18066

Abstract: Polypharmacy may result from inappropriate prescribing of medications to treat adverse drug reactions (ADRs), i.e., “prescribing cascade.” A potentially harmful prescribing cascade affecting those with severe dementia can result when anticholinergics are prescribed to manage… read more here.

Keywords: nursing home; cholinesterase inhibitors; cascade; deprescribing cascade ... See more keywords