Towards safer medication use in older adults: Investigating barriers and facilitators of deprescribing
Overcoming systemic barriers, enhancing patient education and implementing structured guidelines are key to improving deprescribing. Interdisciplinary collaboration and digital tools like electronic health records can further ensure safe medication discontinuation. Targeted interventions are essential to optimizing deprescribing and improving older adult's health outcomes.
Authors
- Venugopalan Gunasekaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9379-2267)
- Gerard Marshall Raj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7499-7219)
- Priyadharsini Rajendran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-6444)
- Sandhiya Selvarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7948-7821)
- Gomathi Ramaswamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-0292)
- Shivanand Kattimani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-2784)
- Rekha Priyadarshini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7934-4978)
- Paul Mathai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-5263)
- Varatharajan Sakthivadivel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-670X)
- Veena Nayak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9372-2680)
- Tanu Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2911-2332)
- Jerin Jose Cherian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9548-7004)
- Anu Chandran
- Raghavendra A. Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0619-1816)
- Madhavi Eerike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2049-8163)
- Mukhyaprana M. Prabhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0679-3323)
- Jayachandran Selvaraj
- Vassiliki Karra
- Rijesh Potangadi
- Surendran Padinchara Kunhipilakkandiy
- Narayanan Puthiya Veettil
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
- Deccan College of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Malabar Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (IN)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad Campus (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- ITPEnergised Group (India) (IN)
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70319
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Jawaharlal Institute Of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research