HPS-134 - Establishing and evaluating a pharmacist-led program for anticholinergic deprescribing in dementia patients: A pilot study

• At: Copenhagen (Denmark) (2025)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-134
• By: WANG, Shih-Wei (Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Ms Shih-Wei Wang (Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, China Taiwan / School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  Ms Yu-Wen Chang (Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, China Taiwan)
  Ms Kan-Ting Yang (Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, China Taiwan)
  Mr Cheng-Chih Wu (Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, China Taiwan / School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Anticholinergic medications are commonly prescribed to elderly patients. However, a high anticholinergic burden may cause cognitive impairment in otherwise cognitively healthy individuals and cause further cognitive decline in those with dementia. Reducing anticholinergic burden through deprescribing interventions may help slow the..

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