Deprescribing and Polypharmacy
Guidance and Resources
- Polypharmacy Toolkit
- PPI Deprescribing
- Reducing Harm from Polypharmacy in Older People
- NICE Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy Guidance
- NICE Multimorbidity: Clinical Assessment and Management
- PrescQIPP Polypharmacy and Deprescribing Webkit
- PrescQIPP Polypharmacy Considerations in Frailty
- PrescQIPP Polypharmacy and Deprescribing in Multimorbidity
- PrescQIPP - A Practical Guide to Deprescribing
- NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance - Medicines Review
- NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance - Realistic Prescribing
- NHS Wales Practical Guide for Prescribing in Frail Adults
- AWMSG Polypharmacy: Guidance for Prescribing
- AWMSG Polypharmacy: Supplementary Guidance - BNF Sections to Target
- Deprescribing - Canadian Deprescribing Network
Toolkits
- Anticholinergic Burden Score Calculator
- MedStopper Tool
- IMPACT - Improving Medicines and Polypharmacy Appropriateness Clinical Tool
- NO TEARS Medication Review Support Tool
- STOPP/START Toolkit - Supporting Medication Review
- Toolkit for General Practice in Supporting Older People Living with Frailty
- 7 Steps Tool to Appropriate Polypharmacy
GP Clinical Practice Searches
Webinar
Articles
- Describing Deprescribing Article
- A Systematic Review of the Emerging Definition of Deprescribing
- How Polypharmacy has become a Medical Burden Worldwide