Measuring the Burden of Medications in Older Adults near the End of Life

Choosing Wisely? Measuring the Burden of Medications in Older Adults near the End of Life: Nationwide, Longitudinal Cohort Study – The American Journal of Medicine (free)

See related study on the use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life in our April 10^th issue, see #8 and Deprescribing guidelines for elderly in our May 8^th issue, see #4.

Source: Patient often prescribed potentially futile drugs in their final months of life – Science Daily (free)

“Nearly half of older adults in Sweden take 10 or more medications in their last months of life” (from Science Daily)