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Medication safety

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Pharmacist deprescribing cut 2.5 drugs per patient, but six-month totals held steady

A Dutch trial trained pharmacists to strip back prescriptions for 318 people aged over 75 on long medication lists. They cut or stopped more drugs than usual care did. Six months on, the total count and quality of life were unchanged.

Aug 17, 2026

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High-dose statins tracked less macular degeneration

An analysis of hospital records matched 8,633 pairs of adults with high blood pressure. Those on sustained high-dose atorvastatin or simvastatin had fewer new cases of macular degeneration. Statins in general showed nothing at all.

Aug 17, 2026