Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Responsible medication use includes deprescribing medications when the risks outweigh potential benefits. An ACP ...

Your doctor prescribes medication for high blood pressure. A few weeks later, you notice your ankles are swollen. It’s interpreted as a new condition, and you’re prescribed a diuretic to help your ...

Background and Goal: “Prescribing cascades” occur when one medication is used to treat or prevent a side effect of another medication. An unintentional cascade can arise when a patient's symptoms are ...

When doctors treat drug side effects as new illnesses, older adults may be prescribed even more medications — a cycle known as a “prescribing cascade.” A new study says this prescribing cycle can ...

The problem occurs when drug-induced side effects are viewed as a new ailment and treated with yet another drug that can cause still other side effects. By Jane E. Brody The medical mistakes that ...

Medications are effective and powerful treatment options for protecting and advancing human health. But medications can also cause harm, particularly among older adults who are often taking multiple ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- New research published in Annals of Family Medicine identifies five clinically relevant prescribing cascades in a national sample of more than half a ...

There is a concept in medicine known as a "prescribing cascade." A prescribing cascade happens when a new medication is started to treat a symptom that's actually the side effect of another medication ...

The struggles facing long-term care are numerous and well-documented. Providers, facilities, and families are constantly trying to find solutions to help improve patient care and staffing burdens.

Primary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program. Objectives: The ...

The process, extent, and effect of pharmaceutical marketing directed to physician prescribers have been extensively reported in the medical literature. Overall, these studies describe the often ...

In lead up to World Patient Safety Day, experts release new tool to help identify when certain medications might be doing more harm than good University of Toronto - Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy ...