Medication changes implemented during medication reviews and factors related to deprescribing:<i>Posthoc</i>analyses of a randomized clinical trial in geriatric outpatients with polypharmacy

Abstract

Physician-led medication reviews resulted in persistent deprescribing of medicines in older polypharmacy patients treated with ≥9 medicines. Motivation for having their medicine changed, treatment with more medicines, and a higher burden of sedative and anticholinergic medicines characterized the patients most likely to benefit from physician-led medication reviews.