Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Deprescribing can improve adherence, cost, and health outcomes but may have adverse drug withdrawal effects. More specifically, deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of intentionally stopping a medication or reducing its dose to improve the person's health or reduce the risk of adverse side effects. Deprescribing is usually done ...
Medication discontinuation is the ceasing of a medication treatment for a patient by either the clinician or the patient themself. [1] [2] When initiated by the clinician, it is known as deprescribing. [3] Medication discontinuation is an important medical practice that may be motivated by a number of reasons: [4] [3] Reducing polypharmacy
While initially U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviewers expressed concerns about approving the nonbenzodiazepine Z drugs due to concerns of cancer, ultimately they changed their minds and approved the drugs. [65] A 2017 meta-analysis of multiple observational studies found that benzodiazepine use is associated with increased cancer risk. [66]
[2] [3] They emphasize deprescribing medications that are unnecessary, which helps to reduce the problems of polypharmacy, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions, thereby improving the risk–benefit ratio of medication regimens in at-risk people. [4] The criteria are used in geriatrics clinical care to monitor and improve the quality of ...
New York resident Lynn Scarfuto, 72, spent several years working as a nurse navigator, helping patients through their cancer ordeals before she became a cancer
Geriatric oncology is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the elderly, usually defined as aged 65 and older. This fairly young but increasingly important subspecialty incorporates the special needs of the elderly into the treatment of cancer.
Adults taking antidepressants who want to come off their medication should not go cold turkey and should instead use a “staged” approach, experts have said.
The results highlight the potential benefits of exercise for decreasing cancer progression risk and encourage its regular incorporation into people’s lives. Globally, cancer is the top cause of ...