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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
the patients' need for influences or reasons to cease medication, [42] The prescriber and patients were shown to have the most significant influence on each other rather than external influences. 9 out of 10 older people said they would be willing to stop one or more medications if their doctor said it was okay.
A drug holiday (sometimes also called a drug vacation, medication vacation, structured treatment interruption, tolerance break, treatment break or strategic treatment interruption) is when a patient stops taking a medication(s) for a period of time; anywhere from a few days to many months or even years if the doctor or medical provider feels it is best for the patient.
Vermont, a state with a long waiting list for medically based drug treatment, suspended a doctor’s license over incomplete paperwork. As doctors face scrutiny from the DEA, states have imposed even greater regulations severely limiting access to the medications, according to a 2014 report commissioned by the federal agency SAMHSA.
Methods of prevention include gradually decreasing the dose among those who wish to stop, though it is possible for symptoms to occur with tapering. [2] [6] [4] Treatment may include restarting the medication and slowly decreasing the dose. [2] People may also be switched to the long-acting antidepressant fluoxetine which can then be gradually ...
A study published earlier this year found that metformin can reduce feelings of hunger in people on the medication. That can cause patients to lose around 2% to 3% of their body weight within the ...
The course of a disease, also called its natural history, [3] is the development of the disease in a patient, including the sequence and speed of the stages and forms they take. [4] Typical courses of diseases include: chronic; recurrent or relapsing; subacute: somewhere between an acute and a chronic course
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