Save-the-date! 05/07/2025 #USDeN25 Chicago, Illinois

The fabulous Therapeutics Initiative annual course is coming up in October in Vancouver. Including a #deprescribing workshop! Details and registration here:

This The Associated Press article features essential med management tips from #polypharmacy and #deprescribing experts - including CADeN members Barbara Farrell & Lisa McCarthy (she/her) 🇨🇦. A short article to share far and wide! tinyurl.com/y8e2588s

Do thoughts of statin #deprescribing keep you up at night? 🤔 Our team did a deep dive on the evidence around statin discontinuation in our systematic review published today in JAGS Check it out agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

💊Check out our latest featured article: "#Deprescribing #interventions in #olderadults: An overview of #systematic #reviews" by #DrShiyunChua et al. Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… #Polypharmacy #Aging #Research #MedEd

It's less than 9 weeks away.... I can't wait! Looking forward to learning lots about #Deprescribing from some amazing speakers! If you haven't booked your tickets yet, don't delay! Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) NERDeprescribing EDeN Deprescribing Network SaferMedsNL CMUS

Q. Can a simple system-level intervention ⬇️meds and falls? A. It's complex Some meds ⬇️ others did not. No change in falls. Usual care had high rates of cessation. Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) deprescribing.org CADeN Shelly Gray CMUS UW School of Pharmacy

📣 Registrations are still open for the ICOD2 !📣 The 2nd Internation Conference on Deprescribing #ICOD2 will take place in Nantes, France from September 26th to 27th ! To register, follow the link : icod2.sciencesconf.org/registration See the keynotes speakers : icod2.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/…

A new Health Canada report outlines recommendations & first steps to guide Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA) in leading and implementing a pan-Canadian strategy to improve the appropriate use of medications. The report says it clearly: "There is no one group that can move the bar on

We're proud to see CADeN partner Sleepwell and CADeN research initiative SaferMedsNL featured as exemplary med. appropriateness programs in the report! Congratulations Justin Turner Andrea Murphy and team!

It's great so see initiatives like SaferMedsNL and mysleepwell.ca highlighted in the CDA report on improving appropriate medication use across Canada! Premier of NL NL Medical Assoc. NL Pharmacy Board Andrea Murphy CMUS Université de Montréal

Une étude menée par la Dre Cara Tannenbaum et le Dr Justin Turner démontre l’efficacité de brochures éducatives pour réduire les doses d’opioïdes chez les utilisateurs de longue date au Manitoba. Avec la hausse des prescription d’opioïdes à travers le Canada, des interventions

A new systematic review includes 286 papers that evaluate the impact of #deprescribing in older people, focusing on the outcomes of discontinuing unnecessary medications. bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Kenneth Lee Chris Beer Amanda Quek Debbie Hawthorne

CMUS researchers have been concentrating their efforts on how to address Australia’s opioid problem and how best to “deprescribe” or taper prescribed medications that may be harmful. Read more: lens.monash.edu/@medicine-heal… Justin Turner Aili Langford Emily Reeve Monash University

Guiding principles for medical discharge plans (MDPs) for older adults. A new study asked patients, researchers & healthcare providers to reach a consensus on essential guiding principles for MDPs, to improve med. safety following hospital discharge. Participants’ feedback

Excited to see this body of work in print JAMDA We look forward to seeing our findings used in practice and better outcomes for residents taking these high risk medications CMUS Justin Turner Amanda Cross sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to be in Capetown for FIP conference Great to think about how pharmacists can engage patients to consider appropriate medication use

More than 1 in 9 Australians have #asthma. It can’t be cured – yet – but it can be controlled for most people. This National Asthma Week (September 1-7) check out our free resources for people with asthma and other respiratory conditions: bit.ly/3zc2zJR

Join us for our CMUS graduate student Webinar.

September is Healthy Aging Month! The Lamy center will celebrate and share healthy aging tips each week in September. Share these tips with someone who may benefit! #HealthyAgingMonth #OlderAdults