De-prescribing refers to a structured, supervised process of stopping medications that are no longer necessary or beneficial. Ask your doctor the following questions:

  • What is this medication for? Do I still need it?

  • What would happen if I stopped it? Is there a safe way to stop?

Why you should know this

A supervised process of stopping medications that are no longer needed is something everyone should know about

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[–] 12 points 4 months ago

Oh you would be surprised. I'll ask my patients what meds they're on and they'll tell me they take a lot but they don't know the names. I'll ask if they can tell me any of the medical conditions they take meds for and they can't. A surprisingly large amount of people are shockingly willfully ignorant about their own medical problems (and then wonder why they only get worse)

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