Medication misuse and overuse in community-dwelling persons with dementia.
William James DeardorffBocheng JingMatthew E GrowdonKristine YaffeW John BoscardinKenneth S BoockvarMichael Alan SteinmanPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2023)
Community-dwelling PWD frequently receive problematic medications across multiple domains and at higher frequencies compared to those without dementia. Deprescribing efforts for PWD should focus not only on potentially harmful central nervous system-active medications but also on other classes such as PPIs and NSAIDs.