📸 Snapshot of Dylan Bonnan, pharmacist with a PhD in pharmacoepidemiology, presenting on med. safety to the Fédération des aînés et retraités francophones de l'Ontario (FARFO) on behalf of CADeN! Thank you for sharing your expertise and helping us empower Francophone linguistic minority communities!

In honour of our 10th anniversary, 10 CADeN members (+1 staff member) were recognized for their exceptional contributions at the International Conference on Deprescribing 2026. Thank you for your leadership and commitment to medication appropriateness and deprescribing! 👏

💡 A new study evaluated the feasibility and impact of a digital cognitive behavioural therapy (eCBT) program for adults 65+ with insomnia and anxiety: eCBT significantly reduced insomnia & anxiety symptoms, offering a promising, more accessible alternative to in-person CBT. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3c8r2r3u

Learn how you can apply @deprescribing.bsky.social’s new statin deprescribing guidelines in your practice! Join GeriMedrisk's webinar to dive into evidence-based recommendations for statin use and deprescribing in older adults, case studies and strategies to support shared decision-making.👇👇

How can we improve appropriate medication use in Canada? At #ChoosingWisely2026, Jonathan Lam led an important session with Dr. Amol Verma, Dr. Lisa McCarthy, and Amber Ruben on prescribing priorities, equity, Indigenous partnership, and collaborative approaches to medication safety. 💊

📸 Network research coordinator Aylin Mansimova presenting a qual study in @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social's session "Abstracts on Choosing Wisely Education"! This research identified key factors that enable/hinder the integration of deprescribing education in undergrad. nursing, pharm & med programs.

We’re at the #ChoosingWisely2026 National Meeting! Pick up resources for clinicians & public members at our booth, including our educational brochures on potentially inappropriate meds & deprescribing algorithms by @deprescribing.bsky.social! Come learn about our projects & how to get involved! 👋

Deprescribing psychotropics: a new meta-analysis finds a 57% reduction in fall risk among older adults following deprescribing interventions in hospital settings. In community, the quality of clinical support and monitoring were key determinants of effective fall reduction. 🔗 tinyurl.com/y54csdt

Thank you to Gloria Georget for leading an engaging session on medication safety for older adults with Senior Persons Living Connected in Scarborough, ON. We’re grateful for her continued support through public presentations, and commitment to helping communities ask questions about their meds!

La réduction des maladies évitables et un objectif clé du Plan d’action gouvernemental 2026–2031 de la Stratégie nationale de prévention en santé. L’@opq.org met en lumière le rôle essentel des pharmacien(ne)s pour atteindre cet objectif, dont leur contribution distinctive à la déprescription 👇

🎉 NEW statin deprescribing guidelines in older adults by @deprescribing.bsky.social! Find a complete toolkit with: • 2-page algorithm summary & 3 whiteboard videos • Patient education pamphlet • Plain language summary • Shared decision-making tools for effective deprescribing discussions 👇👇

Attending @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social‘s 2026 National Meeting? Members of the Network will be holding a booth with our many resources, as well as presenting on clinician education & approaches to support appropriate use initiatives with Indigenous communities. See you in Toronto on May 25 & 26 👋

Our partner @cephealth.bsky.social offers tailored in-person or virtual academic detailing sessions on common primary care topics for clinicians in Ontario: ⏱️ 30 minutes 🎓 Mainpro+ certified 👩‍⚕️ Led by pharmacists Learn more at: cep.health

📣 Call for manuscripts! The Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology is launching a special issue on deprescribing: "Continuing the Progress in Deprescribing: Learnings from ICOD 2026"! All article types will be considered. Submission deadline: Dec 31, 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/35fyszns

📣 Our 2025-2026 Annual Report is here! Look back on another big year in our report, “Sharing Stories, Tools and Learnings for Safer Medication Use”! Thank you to our members, partners and collaborators who make this work possible - we couldn't do it without you! www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/reports

Final touches are underway! ✨ Behind the scenes, the team is putting finishing details together (including goodie bags and awards!) in preparation for next week’s International Conference on Deprescribing! We can’t wait to welcome you very soon!

💊 New evidence: deRXing levothyroxine in older adults w/ subclinical hypothyroidism In a Dutch study (N=370) 26% of patients discontinued their Tx w/o significant changes to quality of life & side effects; 32% reduced dosage by ≥50% while maintaining normal thyroid function. 🔗 tinyurl.com/28xdfta8

🌎 Ready for next week’s International Conference on Deprescribing? #ICOD2026 Browse the conference agenda to find times of the sessions you’re most excited to attend! Details on concurrent sessions, speakers and objectives are also available here: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026

💬 Sans communication claire, la déprescription peut être perçue comme une interruption de traitement. Dans cet article de @lapresse.ca, Dr Aalamian souligne l’importance d’expliquer, planifier et documenter ce processus pour assurer des soins sécuritaires. 🔗 www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...

False health information is spreading faster than ever – and it can lead to serious consequences. Join our partners @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social’s webinar to learn how this is currently affecting medical practice, and how the Canadian Medical Association plans to tackle this important issue. 👇👇

Medication side effects can be mistaken for new conditions, leading to prescribing cascades & polypharmacy. Carollo et al. identified 84 adverse drug reactions linked to cascades, an essential step to support the development of tools to help clinicians identify & manage them. 🔗 tinyurl.com/msb9jza7

💬 One conversation about meds can change everything. Check out this article to learn how pharmacist Ellen Penny at the Geriatric Medicine & Memory Disability Clinic in Sydney, Nova Scotia, is keeping her community healthy by helping older adults review their medications. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4e5nrknt

A recent article highlights one of the fruits of our partnership with the Manitoba Association of Senior Communities (MASC): a presentation on med. safety delivered to older adults in the rural community of Winkler, MB, delivered by Don Fletcher, retired health administrator. 🔗 tinyurl.com/9y93h8ve

Only 3 weeks until ICOD 2026, and we can’t wait to welcome you to Montréal! 🇨🇦 What are you most looking forward to? Whether it be sharing your work, learning from international leaders in deprescribing, networking, or exploring Montréal – let us know in a comment below! 👇

📣 ICYMI: the Network recently launched its Medication Review Service Finder - a tool to help people find med. review services in their province/territory. Eligibility criteria and an FAQ section about medication reviews are included on the same page! Take a look and help spread the word 👇👇

🌟 Thank you to the Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association for helping us present med. safety in Mandarin & Cantonese! With a trusted local pharmacist, participants got to ask questions about med. side effects, supplements and traditional Chinese medicine. We're grateful for this partnership!

📸 Snapshot of our Public Awareness Committee at work! Our members recently met to review & plan CADeN's ongoing activities, including the development of a new tool 👀 With diverse back grounds & lived experiences, we're grateful for the perspectives they bring to our activities! tinyurl.com/2em2zk75

📣 Spotlight on a plenary at International Conference on Deprescribing (ICOD) 2026! Marking 10 years of CADeN, past and present leaders will reflect on its evolution, from deprescribing to broader appropriate use of medications, and CADeN's future priorities. 🔗 www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026

🌟 We’d like to officially welcome Alexa Harvey to CADeN’s Health Care Provider Committee! A PharmD student at @uottawa.ca and member of the Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada, Alexa brings inspiring leadership & enthusiasm to advancing deprescribing. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 🎉

🎤 ICOD 2026 panel moderated by Lisa McCarthy: Emily Reeve, Mike Steinman & Wade Thompson will discuss the role of clinical guidelines in advancing medication optimization! Learn best practices in developing deprescribing recommendations and priorities for future research. tinyurl.com/mr767ycv

📸 Student leadership from our 2025-2026 funding program! Taylor Skinner, pharmacist and MD student at UMemorial organised a deprescribing workshop for pre-clerkship med students! Final year pharm students co-developed and delivered the workshop, sharing insights from their own pharmacy practice.

Rose-Angèle was taking 30 medications. With the help of her healthcare provider, she was able to deprescribe medications that were unnecessary or causing too many side effects. Today, she takes 12 fewer medications. Learn how deprescribing changed her life for the better: tinyurl.com/877z86ez

💊 Check out our new Medication Review Service Finder: a tool to help public members learn about the services in their province or territory, who's eligible and how they can access these services offered by pharmacists, physicians, or nurse practitioners: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/med-review-f...

🇨🇦 New national guidelines developed by CADeN to screen for potentially inappropriate prescriptions. Guidelines recommend: 1. regular med reviews for older adults taking any number of meds, and 2. government funding to encourage & support this process in primary care. 🔗 www.cfp.ca/content/72/3...

Last week, CADeN assistant director presented on med. safety in collaboration with Centre Déclic, a Quebec organisation focussed on scientific knowledge translation for lay audiences. Communicating health concepts in lay terms allowed for great engagement and many follow-up question from attendees!

Merci à James Hill, pharmacien et prof. associé de ULaval et UMontréal, pour sa présentation aux membres de l’association Parkinson Montréal-Laval! Sa présentation aborde les principes d'un usage sécuritaire des médicaments dans le contexte de la maladie de Parkinson: youtube.com/watch?v=_fMGljmxSOA

🎥 Rose-Angèle was taking 30 meds to manage her health, but their side effects were affecting her daily life. After a conversation with a retired nurse at her community organization, she began a deprescribing journey with her family doctor that changed her life for the better. tinyurl.com/877z86ez

🎥 Learn how to use MedSafer for med. reviews with our new whiteboard video! From helping patients complete a questionnaire about their meds, to reviewing deprescribing recommendations in their personalized report, this video outlines the full process from start to finish: tinyurl.com/5bys8ars

💡 New data from CIHI shows inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care remains high: nearly 1 in 4 residents in Canada receive them without a psychosis diagnosis. Reducing to the 15% national target will take time and greater support for LTC staff. Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

ICOD2026 Speaker Spotlight! Clare Howard, Clinical Lead for Medicines Optimisation and Polypharmacy Programme at Health Innovation Wessex, will share her work in tackling problematic polypharmacy in England and reflections from ICOD2026 as the closing keynote of the conference. tinyurl.com/mr767ycv

@caden-recad.bsky.social congratulations team! This grant will support our new tool to address safety of sedative hypnotics to better meet the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada

Our newsletter for Pharmacy Appreciation Month is out! #PAM2026 Discover our new tools to support medication reviews by pharmacists (and other health professionals!), including our Medication Review Service Finder and a new whiteboard video on how to use MedSafer: mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...

An engaging med. safety talk by Maéva Blot, pharmacist at the McGill University Health Centre! Presenting to Seniors Action Quebec, she explained why we need to be cautious with medication use as we age and shared key questions to ask healthcare providers to support safer use. 🎥 tinyurl.com/yza83ph9

Members of the DIAMOND program are organising a webinar to explore real-world examples of leveraging data sources to improve patient safety and advancing deprescribing research. Register below to join the conversation!

🌟 ICYMI - Discover Rose-Angèle’s story: a powerful addition to our repository of patient testimonials. Her experience reminds us of the profound impact that a conversation about deprescribing can have on one’s health and well-being. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HODP...

Catch up on the last International Deprescribing Journal Club: Dr. Teixeira Rodrigues shares learnings from the C-SENIoR trial, regarding the implementation of a GP-pharmacist deprescribing model to optimise proton pump inhibitors use in older adults in Portugal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPNZ...

Spotlight on ICOD 2026 speaker Dr. Ross Upshur, physician and researcher in multimorbidity and polypharmacy who became what he was researching. His fireside chat will explore personal & system-level challenges and strategies to address them. Learn more about ICOD sessions here: tinyurl.com/mr767ycv

🌟 Meet Nira Lalji, member of the Network’s Public Awareness Committee! With her lived experience of deprescribing and work in knowledge mobilisation and substance use programming, she brings valuable perspectives to our public-facing activities. We’re grateful for her involvement at the Network!

👏 Inspiring leadership from recipients of CADeN's student funding program! Med. students from McMaster University organised Mock Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) for pre-clerkship students, strengthening the clinical application of deRXing, med. appropriateness & high-value care.

Spotlight on ICOD 2026 speaker Dr. Mamdani, director of the University of Toronto's Temerty Centre for AI Research & Education in Medicine. His keynote will explore how AI is transforming clinical practice, and what it means for deprescribing. Register to ICOD 2026 to attend! 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr767ycv