Is it Time to Deprescribe?
Image Source: rawpixel/Unsplash It’s important to review your current medication
regimen on a yearly basis with a clinician. Older adults are taking a multitude
of pills, with 66 percent taking five or more and 27 percent taking 10 or more.1
Some of these medications may not even be necessary anymore. While most people
rely on their primary physician, “physicians often don’t have enough
information about what patients are taking, or may lack the time to talk to
patients about