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Review
. 2019 Dec 20;33(2):213-217.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1695510. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Drug deprescription-withdrawal risk, prevention, and treatment

Madison K Bangert  1 , Gabriel M Aisenberg  1
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Review

Drug deprescription-withdrawal risk, prevention, and treatment

Madison K Bangert et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). .

Abstract

In most cases, a sudden interruption of most medications has no major consequences. There are well-recognized therapies that, when withheld, can either lead to the reappearance of the symptoms they were controlling or to signs or symptoms of withdrawal. In this article, we present a table including medications that when interrupted can produce withdrawal syndromes, the signs and symptoms of the withdrawal syndrome, the time to onset and resolution of the syndrome, information regarding alternative delivery options for the drug/s when the oral route is not possible, as well as prevention and therapy.

Keywords: Deprescriptions; patient safety; withdrawal.

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