Australian Deprescribing Network
Promoting research, awareness, practice and policy on deprescribing to improve the safe and appropriate use of medicines for all Australians.
There has never been more information available at our fingertips, but when it comes to our health, we can't take shortcuts.
In an environment where patients are exposed to conflicting, inaccurate or misleading information about medicines, health professionals play a vital role in ensuring decisions about medication use are informed, evidence-based and person-centred.
Medicines can affect each of us in different ways — pharmacists and their health professional colleagues are uniquely and expertly trained to consider the whole person in all aspects of care.
In 2026, AdPha’s MedsAware: Deprescribing Action Week is asking are you MedsAware or misinformed?
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).
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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