Dictionary

deprescribe en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + prescribe.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.
   • Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs. 2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, →DOI:

Forms

Relateds

deprescription