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Deprescribing antihypertensive treatment in nursing home patients and the effect on blood pressure.

Christine Gulla | Elisabeth Flo | Reidun Ls Kjome | Bettina S Husebo
Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC | 2018

It is debatable whether treating multimorbid nursing home patients with antihypertensive drugs produces beneficial effects. Most cardiovascular guidelines promote treatment; few have advice on how to deprescribe when treatment may no longer be necessary. We investigated the effect of medication review on antihypertensive drug use and the association between cognition, blood pressure, and prescribing.

Pubmed ID: 29915617

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