Overprescribing

We are just as likely to be impacted by our social surroundings as we are by our body’s health. These social determinants of health can determine how healthy we are today and what our future health might...

Antipsychotic and anti-anxiety prescribing in nursing homes may have an effect on prescribing in local and affiliated assisted living communities, investigators have found.

Physicians’ scores on a general knowledge exam were tied to inappropriate prescribing for seniors … Two senior leaders leave FDA over U.S. vaccine decision-making … More states to roll out digital...

An attempt to encourage reduced use of anticholinergics failed to win the attention of physicians and patients, according to a new study.

Rates have remained low throughout the pandemic, and appear to be the consequence of measures to curb COVID-19 transmission. The same public health strategies could be used to help reduce antibiotic overprescribing...

More than half of older heart failure patients leave the hospital with prescriptions for 10 or more medications, according to a new study. Some of these drugs are likely inappropriate, says a leading geriatric...

An analysis of Minimum Data Set assessments has found that overall antibiotic use in nursing homes did not change from 2012 to 2016. There was also an increase in use where no infection was reported.

There’s an upward trend in opioid prescriptions after joint replacement surgery, despite limited effectiveness and against federal, state and payer advice, researchers say.

Mirroring a U.S. trend, antidepressant use is soaring among older Britons. But depression diagnoses remain stable.

When managing medications for frail elders, clinicians should take a hard look at insulin, say the researchers behind a new study.