Australian Deprescribing Network
Promoting research, awareness, practice and policy on deprescribing to improve the safe and appropriate use of medicines for all Australians.
Innovative service models to support deprescribing in hospital
Sedative and anticholinergic drugs are commonly associated with harm in older adults. The Drug Burden Index (DBI) developed by Professor Sarah Hilmer, is a validated clinical risk assessment tool which measures exposure to anticholinergics and sedatives. A bundle of resources, including the DBI in the electronic Medical Records (eMR) have been implemented in Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) hospitals in NSW, to help clinicians identify and prioritise high-risk older patients for medication review and facilitate deprescribing of DBI-contributing drugs where appropriate.
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Research
Researchers across Australia and internationally are working on projects to inform deprescribing in practice.
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Latest research
GP preferences for discussing statin deprescribing: a discrete choice experiment
Date: 2021
Thompson, Wade, et al. “GP preferences for discussing statin deprescribing: a discrete choice experiment.” Family Practice (2021).
Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice
Date: 2021
Citation: Ailabouni, Nagham J., et al. “Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice.” Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (2021).
Appropriate deprescribing in older people: a challenging necessity Commentary to accompany themed collection on deprescribing
Date: 2021
Citation: van der Velde, Nathalie, and Jatinder S. Minhas. “Appropriate deprescribing in older people: a challenging necessity Commentary to accompany themed collection on deprescribing.” Age and Ageing (2021).
See below about being involved in the development of guidelines on how to #deprescribe gabapentinoids!
📢 Help us understand the scope and need for guidelines on stopping gabapentinoids (e.g., gabapentin, pregabalin). Seeking:
🔹 Consumers currently/previously taking gabapentinoids
🔹 Health professionals caring for these patients
👉 Get involved! #Deprescribing #Research
Congratulations to @nas_wabe and team for being awarded a Medical Research Future Fund 2024 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant! 🥳👏
Investigators include ADeN superstars 🌟 @AmyTPage @NJAilabouni, @lisakouladjian, @DHoylePharm, @emanias1, Ian Scott, and more!
'Hospital pharmacists work in collaboration with patients and healthcare professionals to ensure medications can be discontinued safely and effectively when they no longer provide benefit.'
📣@EAHPofficial proudly supports #MedsAware in empowering patients through deprescribing.
As #MedsAware Week continues, we extend our heartfelt thanks to our incredible sponsors for their generous support. @DeprescribeAU are a joint founding partner of MedsAware: Deprescribing Action Week
Emily Reeve @Reeve_Research, ADeN Chair shares:
About the Australian Deprescribing Network
Who is ADeN and why do we exist?
The Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) comprises of clinicians, academic researchers, policy makers, students and consumers working together to develop the evidence-base, clinical guidance and knowledge translation to facilitate deprescribing of medicines that are no longer providing benefit or are causing harm.
ADeN aims to promote research, awareness, practice and policy for the safe and appropriate use of medicines for all Australians.
This website aims to share and exchange information about deprescribing approaches and deprescribing research with the public, health care providers and researchers.
What is Deprescribing?
Deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of dose reduction or stopping of medication that might be causing harm, or no longer be of benefit.
Deprescribing is part of good prescribing – backing off when doses are too high, or stopping medications that are no longer needed.
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