The elderly still take too many potentially inappropriate drugs

In Canada, prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)—drugs whose harms may outweigh their benefits, which may be ineffective, or for which a safer alternative exists—remains very common among the elderly. Moreover, although overall spending on PIMs decreased between 2013 and 2021, seniors’ exposure to three categories of PIMs increased during this period: gabapentinoids, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and antipsychotics.

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