Polypharmacy, Appropriate Prescribing, and Deprescribing - E-BOOK, 1st Edition

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By Gregory J. Hughes, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP and Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD, BCGP, FASHP

Medication use is at an all-time high, especially in aging populations, and medication harm is one of the few preventable causes of harm in medicine. Polypharmacy, Appropriate Prescribing, and Deprescribing: A Clinician’s Guide is a first-of-it ...view more

Medication use is at an all-time high, especially in aging populations, and medication harm is one of the few preventable causes of harm in medicine. Polypharmacy, Appropriate Prescribing, and Deprescribing: A Clinician’s Guide is a first-of-its kind resource that provides clinicians and trainees with current, authoritative guidance and skill-building insights on how and when to use the right medications, and how and when medications should be stopped. This timely, instructive text is a must-have reference for a wide variety of healthcare practitioners and is particularly useful in the outpatient office where the majority of chronic medication prescribing and reviewing takes place. The text is an essential educational resource now and in the future as the burden of polypharmacy continues to expand globally.

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9780443115745

Publication Date :

22-07-2026

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Medication use is at an all-time high, especially in aging populations, and medication harm is one of the few preventable causes of harm in medicine. Polypharmacy, Appropriate Prescribing, and Deprescribing: A Clinician’s Guide is a first-of-its kind resource that provides clinicians and trainees with current, authoritative guidance and skill-building insights on how and when to use the right medications, and how and when medications should be stopped. This timely, instructive text is a must-have reference for a wide variety of healthcare practitioners and is particularly useful in the outpatient office where the majority of chronic medication prescribing and reviewing takes place. The text is an essential educational resource now and in the future as the burden of polypharmacy continues to expand globally.

Key Features

Addresses polypharmacy not only in geriatric patients, but across the lifespan, including younger adults, patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and those with life-limiting conditions
Approaches polypharmacy from a unique, systems- and process-based approach, covering each system’s polypharmacy nuances in addition to evidence-based polypharmacy criteria, and teaching skills that are repeatable throughout different clinical disciplines and systems of the body
Contains decision-making algorithms in each systems-based chapter, including polypharmacy related to CNS, cardiovascular, endocrine and metabolic, hematology/oncology, and infectious disease, as well as polypharmacy in palliative care
Includes most common scenarios encountered in each body system, covering how to work through classic examples of the polypharmacy problems that occur in that system. These examples are individually valuable because of their commonality, but also reinforce a structured approach toward any other polypharmacy problem
Discusses practical, real-world issues such as how to manage polypharmacy in short clinical visits, and future directions in deprescribing and medication optimization
Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

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By Gregory J. Hughes, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine,Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USA and Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD, BCGP, FASHP, Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Management and Systems Sciences, Family and Geriatric Medicine, and Neurology at the University of Louisville Schools of Public Health and Medicine. Fulbright Specialist, Polypharmacy, U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Specialist Program. Faculty and past co-chair, UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatrics. Adjunct Professor and preceptor, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Faculty Chair and content author- MTM certificate programs.

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ISBN Number	9780443115745
Main Author	By Gregory J. Hughes, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP and Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD, BCGP, FASHP
Copyright Year	2027
Edition Number	1
Format	eBook
Trim	152w x 229h (6.00" x 9.00")
Imprint	Elsevier
Page Count	0
Publication Date	22 Jul 2026
Stock Status	IN STOCK

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