Pharmacist prescribers can reduce sedative use in care homes, study demonstrates

Abstract

Pharmacist independent prescribers (PIPs) can help to significantly reduce the burden of anticholinergic and sedative drug use in care home residents, a large five-year study, published in the BMJ on 14 February 2023, has concluded. However, the study intervention failed to demonstrate a reduction in the number of falls; the primary outcome measure of the […]