Pharmacists are in a good position to identify medications that can be discontinued—or “deprescribed”—for patients and to manage this process, experts said in a session at the 2021 annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).
There is a strong argument to be made for including deprescribing as part of the pharmacist’s workflow, according to Collin Clark, PharmD, a clinical assistant professor at the University at Buffalo School of