Potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults: a significant problem with a lack of action and evidence to address it

Authors: Michael Naughton, Frank Moriarty, Patrick Redmond

Source: BJGP Open, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2025)

Subject Terms: potentially inappropriate prescribing, middle-aged adults, medicines optimisation, primary healthcare, general practitioners, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://bjgpopen.org/content/9/1/BJGPO.2023.0209; https://doaj.org/toc/2398-3795

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The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland quality improvement project and integrated chronic kidney disease system: implementation within a primary care network

Authors: Fahad Rizvi, Niraj Lakhani, Lydia Omuri, Simran Roshan, Tariq Kapasi, Samuel J. White, Philippe B. Wilson

Source: BMC Nephrology, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Subject Terms: Chronic kidney disease, Medicines optimisation, Clinical audit, Renal, Nephrology, Primary care, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2369

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A quantitative study on the impact of a community falls pharmacist role, on medicines optimisation in older people at risk of falls

Authors: Paula Crawford, Rick Plumb, Paula Burns, Stephen Flanagan, Carole Parsons

Source: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Subject Terms: Falls Risk increasing drugs (FRIDs), Medicines optimisation, Deprescribing, Polypharmacy, Older people, Geriatrics, RC952-954.6

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2318

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Supporting appropriate use of extended dual antiplatelet therapy post-myocardial infarction based on an innovative 12-month ticagrelor virtual service

Authors: Rani Khatib, Abigail Barrowcliff, Franki Wilson, Sidra Awan, Mutiba Khan, Stephen Wheatcroft, Alistair S. Hall

Source: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 11 (2024)

Subject Terms: dual antiplatelet therapy, myocardial infarction, P2Y12 receptor antagonist, ticagrelor, guidelines, medicines optimisation, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1399899/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2297-055X

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Person-centred medicine in the care home setting: development of a complex intervention

Authors: Kirsten Høj, Hilary Louise Bekker, Flemming Bro, Anne Estrup Olesen, Jette Kolding Kristensen, Line Due Christensen

Source: BMC Primary Care, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2024)

Subject Terms: Person-centred medicine, Medicines optimisation, Residential facilities, Health services for the aged, Primary health care, Intervention development, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2731-4553

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What makes a multidisciplinary medication review and deprescribing intervention for older people work well in primary care? A realist review and synthesis

Authors: Eloise Radcliffe, Renée Servin, Natalie Cox, Stephen Lim, Qian Yue Tan, Clare Howard, Claire Sheikh, Paul Rutter, Sue Latter, Mark Lown, Lawrence Brad, Simon D. S. Fraser, Katherine Bradbury, Helen C. Roberts, Alejandra Recio Saucedo, Kinda Ibrahim

Source: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-28 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicines optimisation, Deprescribing, Polypharmacy, Older people, Primary care, Multidisciplinary team, Geriatrics, RC952-954.6

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2318

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Patient perceptions and experiences of medication review: qualitative study in general practice

Authors: Deborah McCahon, Polly Duncan, Rupert Payne, Jeremy Horwood

Source: BMC Primary Care, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)

Subject Terms: Clinical medication review, Patient experience, Medicines optimisation, Primary care, Clinical pharmacist, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2731-4553

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An Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Impact of a Tailored Medicines Optimisation Service on Medication Use, Accident and Emergency Department Visits, and Admissions Among Patients Identified with Medication Support Needs in Secondary Care

Authors: Harrap N, Wells J, Howes K, Kayyali R

Source: Patient Preference and Adherence, Vol Volume 16, Pp 2947-2961 (2022)

Subject Terms: medicines optimisation, admission, medication adherence, social care, polypharmacy, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://www.dovepress.com/an-observational-cohort-study-to-evaluate-the-impact-of-a-tailored-med-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PPA; https://doaj.org/toc/1177-889X

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The development and validation of a medicines optimisation tool to protect the physical health of people with severe mental illness (OPTIMISE)

Authors: Aoife Carolan, Dolores Keating, Stephen McWilliams, Caroline Hynes, Mary O’Neill, Fiona Boland, Sharon Holland, Judith Strawbridge, Cristín Ryan

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2022)

Subject Terms: Mental Illness, Medicines Optimisation, Physical Health, Screening Tool, Severe Mental Illness, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

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Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care (IMPPP): Protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a complex intervention for medication optimization against usual care [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Authors: Chris Salisbury, Rupert A. Payne, Barbara Caddick, Peter S. Blair, Tobias Dreischulte, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Bruce Guthrie, Lorna J. Duncan, Roxanne M. Parslow, Cindy Mann, Katrina M. Turner, Jeff Round, Deborah McCahon, Nicholas L. Turner

Source: NIHR Open Research, Vol 2 (2022)

Subject Terms: polypharmacy, clinical trial, medicines optimisation, general practice, eng, Medicine

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Relation: https://openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/articles/2-54/v1; https://doaj.org/toc/2633-4402

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A multi-stakeholder approach to the co-production of the research agenda for medicines optimisation

Authors: John Fellenor, Nicky Britten, Molly Courtenay, Rupert A. Payne, Jose Valderas, Rachel Denholm, Polly Duncan, Deborah McCahon, Lynn Tatnell, Richard Fitzgerald, Krystal Warmoth, David Gillespie, Katrina Turner, Margaret Watson

Source: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicines optimisation, Polypharmacy, Deprescribing, Patient concerns, Non-medical prescribing, Nominal group technique, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963

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Perspectives of pharmacists in general practice from qualitative focus groups with patients during a pilot study

Authors: Claire Mann, Claire Anderson, Matthew Boyd, Yasmin Karsan, Tristan Emerson

Source: BJGP Open, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2022)

Subject Terms: general practice, pharmacists, patients, medicines optimisation, medication review, primary healthcare, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://bjgpopen.org/content/6/2/BJGPO.2021.0112; https://doaj.org/toc/2398-3795

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ESPAUR Report 2021 to 2022 Chapter 5: NHS England Improvement and Assurance Schemes

Authors: Kieran Hand, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Elizabeth Beech, Sabine Bou-Antoun, Gillian Damant, Naomi Fleming, Catherine Hayes, Philip Howard, Conor Jamieson, Monsey McLeod, Sejal Parekh, Preety Ramdut, Hanna Squire, Laura Whitney, Jeff Featherstone

Source: Medical Sciences Forum, Vol 15, Iss 1, p 16 (2023)

Subject Terms: antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial resistance, policy, prescribing, medicines optimisation, improvement, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9992/15/1/16; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-9992

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Editorial: Deprescribing and Minimizing Use of Anticholinergic Medications

Authors: Roy L. Soiza, Malaz A. Boustani, Noll L. Campbell, Arduino A. Mangoni

Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 12 (2021)

Subject Terms: anticholinergic, antimuscarinic, prescribing, drug safety, medication withdrawal, medicines optimisation, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.820051/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1663-9812

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General practitioner practice-based pharmacist input to medicines optimisation in the UK: pragmatic, multicenter, randomised, controlled trial

Authors: Nadia Farhanah Syafhan, Sayer Al Azzam, Steven D. Williams, Wendy Wilson, Jayne Brady, Peter Lawrence, Mark McCrudden, Mustafa Ahmed, Michael G. Scott, Glenda Fleming, Anita Hogg, Claire Scullin, Robert Horne, Harblas Ahir, James C. McElnay

Source: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2021)

Subject Terms: clinical pharmacist, general practice, practice-based pharmacist, healthcare resource utilisation, medicines optimisation, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2052-3211

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Identifying enablers and barriers to individually tailored prescribing: a survey of healthcare professionals in the UK

Authors: Joanne Reeve, Nicky Britten, Richard Byng, Jo Fleming, Janet Heaton, Janet Krska

Source: BMC Family Practice, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)

Subject Terms: Polypharmacy, Medicines optimisation, Individually tailored care, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-017-0705-2; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2296

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Development of a core outcome set for effectiveness trials aimed at optimising prescribing in older adults in care homes

Authors: Anna N. Millar, Amrit Daffu-O’Reilly, Carmel M. Hughes, David P. Alldred, Garry Barton, Christine M. Bond, James A. Desborough, Phyo K. Myint, Richard Holland, Fiona M. Poland, David Wright, On behalf of the CHIPPS Team, University of East Anglia

Source: Trials, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)

Subject Terms: Core outcome set, COS, Optimising prescribing, Medicines Optimisation, Older adults, Care homes, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-1915-6; https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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The Contribution of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to Person-Centred Care within a Medicine’s Optimisation in Care Homes Service: A Qualitative Evaluation

Authors: Sally Fowler Davis, Rachel Cholerton, Louise Freeman-Parry, Jo Tsoneva

Source: Pharmacy, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 34 (2021)

Subject Terms: medicines optimisation, person centred care, qualitative, framework analysis, evaluation, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/9/1/34; https://doaj.org/toc/2226-4787

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Using Technology-Supported Transfer of Care Systems: Informing Good Practice Recommendations

Authors: Robert James, Efi Mantzourani, Cheryl Way, Alistair Gray, Melissa Burnley, Karen Hodson

Source: Pharmacy, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 36 (2021)

Subject Terms: transfer of care, hospital discharge, community pharmacy, medicines optimisation, medicines adherence, healthcare technology, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/9/1/36; https://doaj.org/toc/2226-4787

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Refer-To-Pharmacy: Pharmacy for the Next Generation Now! A Short Communication for Pharmacy

Authors: Alistair Gray

Source: Pharmacy, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 364-371 (2015)

Subject Terms: Medicines optimisation, transfer of care, referral, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, new medicine service, medicines use review, medicines waste, re-admission, medicines adherence, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441

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Relation: http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/3/4/364; https://doaj.org/toc/2226-4787

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