Patient Education and Pharmacist Consultation Influence on Nonbenzodiazepine Sedative Medication Deprescribing Success for Older Adults | Zendy

Jennifer L. Kuntz | Zendy; Louis Kouch | Zendy; Daniel Christian | Zendy; Weiming Hu | Zendy; Preston L Peterson | Zendy

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Patient Education and Pharmacist Consultation Influence on Nonbenzodiazepine Sedative Medication Deprescribing Success for Older Adults

Author(s) -

Jennifer L. Kuntz,

Louis Kouch,

Daniel Christian,

Weiming Hu,

Preston L Peterson

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/18-161

Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , odds ratio , confidence interval , pharmacist , polypharmacy , deprescribing , comorbidity , physical therapy , psychiatry , family medicine , pharmacy

Use of nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics or "Z-drugs"-including eszopiclone, zolpidem, or zaleplon-is discouraged for older adults; however, these medications commonly are prescribed to treat insomnia in this population. We evaluated the impact of direct-to-patient education, with or without a pharmacist consultation, on Z-drug discontinuation among Kaiser Permanente Northwest members age 64 years and older.

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