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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[–] 7 points 4 months ago

Even weirder in my experience is doctors trying to pull you off medication you need for no reason at all. They seem to do these reviews and then suggest diabetics come off their insulin and I can not work out what the heck they think they are doing, its getting people hurt or killed if they don't stand up to them.

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