BMC geriatrics
Deprescribing antihypertensive medications in older people: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.
Carmen Floriani, Giovanni Minchio, Angela Edith Schulthess-Lisibach, Carina Lundby, Maja Josephine Lundberg Andersen, Martina Zangger, Orestis Efthimiou, Enriqueta Vallejo-Yagüe, Stefan Neuner-Jehle, Wade Thompson, Jens Søndergaard, Lisa M McCarthy, Carole Lunny, Rosalinde K E Poortvliet, Jacobijn Gussekloo
Published: 202610.1186/s12877-025-06941-2
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is highly prevalent among older people, and the balance of benefit and harm of antihypertensive therapy may shift with age. In certain cases, reducing or discontinuing antihypertensive treatment (deprescribing) may be appro…
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