Tapering (deprescribing) of benzodiazepine tranquilizers

Benzodiazepine tapering: a prospective study.

BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines (BZD) are the most widely used sedative-hypnotics, and evidence is rapidly accumulating suggesting potential BZD dependence, association of chronic use with adverse effects and a definite abstinence syndrome produced by withdrawal. AIMS The present investigation followed prospectively long-term BZD users over 1 year following graded BZD withdrawal in terms of clinic...

Electroacupuncture for tapering off long-term benzodiazepine use: study protocol of randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND Conventional approaches for benzodiazepine tapering have their limitations. Anecdotal studies have shown that acupuncture is a potential treatment for facilitating successful benzodiazepine tapering. As of today, there was no randomized controlled trial examining its efficacy and safety. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of using electroacupuncture as an adjunct tr...

[Deprescribing: guiding its definition].

Factors influencing deprescribing habits among geriatricians.

BACKGROUND deprescribing habits among physicians managing older, frailer, cognitively impaired patients have not been well investigated. METHODS an anonymised electronic survey was disseminated to all members of an international geriatric society/local advanced trainee network (N = 930). This comprised a Likert-scale analysis of factors influencing desprescribing, and five case vignettes, det...

The Ethics of Deprescribing in Older Adults.

Deprescribing is the term used to describe the process of withdrawal of an inappropriate medication supervised by a clinician. This article presents a discussion of how the Four Principles of biomedical ethics (beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice) that may guide medical practitioners' prescribing practices apply to deprescribing medications in older adults. The view of deprescri...