deprescribe
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deprescribe (third-person singular simple present deprescribes, present participle deprescribing, simple past and past participle deprescribed)
- (transitive) To cease to prescribe (a medicine).
- 2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, :
- Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.