Deprescribing Case 5
A deprescribing case was documented in the article by Barbara Farrell, Véronique French Merkley, and Wade Thompson: Managing polypharmacy in a 77-year-old woman with multiple prescribers.
A 77-year-old woman was referred to a geriatric day hospital with concerns about mobility and falls, pain, constipation, cognition and polypharmacy. Comorbidities included cerebrovascular disease, coronary artery disease, hypertension, dementia, fibromyalgia, myositis, bipolar disorder, arthritis, remote duodenal ulcer and hypothyroidism. A stroke 3 years earlier resulted in increasing difficulties with transfers and ambulation, leading to 3–4 falls weekly. Chronic pain was attributed to fibromyalgia.
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