Effectiveness of countermeasure for polypharmacy by multidisciplinary team review in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Shohei NishidaTakehiro KatoYuichi HayashiShoya YamadaHironori FujiiMichi YamadaNao AsaiShinya ShimizuTakashi NiwaHirotoshi IiharaSodai KubotaMayu SakaiYoshihiro TakahashiKen TakaoMasami MizunoTakuo HirotaRyo KobayashiYukio HorikawaDaisuke YabeAkio SuzukiPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2023)
The present countermeasure for polypharmacy, which combines a pharmacist check based on a checklist for evaluating polypharmacy followed by a multidisciplinary team review, was useful for reducing the number of inappropriate or potentially inappropriate medications taken by diabetes patients with polypharmacy.