#56: Polypharmacy and deprescribing Part 1: Living better through chemicals

Avoid common pitfalls, recognize prescribing cascades, and deprescribe like a champ with tips from Clinical Pharmacist, Dr. Sean M. Jeffery, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, and Chair of the Polypharmacy Special Interest Group for the American Geriatrics society. We discuss how to create better medication lists, tools and tips for deprescribing, how to counsel patients on polypharmacy, and safe use of medication in the elderly.

Special thanks to the American Geriatrics Society for setting up this interview.

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Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

01:12 Listener feedback

01:56 Picks of the week

06:28 Topic intro and guest bio

07:49 Getting to know our guest

13:05 Defining polypharmacy and related terms

16:30 Clinical Case of polypharmacy

20:34 Making better medication lists

25:01 Clinical Case from Kashlak Memorial

28:40 Beers Criteria

35:41 Statins in frail, elderly patients

38:00 Treating insomnia in the elderly

44:15 Dosing of meds in patients with CKD

45:50 Tool for analysis of drug-drug interactions

48:10 Take home points from Dr. Jeffery

50:00 Outro

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