ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording 🚨 Highlights from TI Portrait Featuring the TI's Dr. Aaron Tejani 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=-5V9... Sign up for TI Portrait here: ti.ubc.ca/portrait #prescribing #MedEd #BetterPrescribing

ICYMI - #Deprescribing webinar recording! 😍 When making decisions about 🛑 #statins, consider: ✅pt values, preferences ✅health status ✅current evidence Watch as the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson summarizes current evidence: tiny.cc/StatinDepres... #MedEd #ptsafety #medsafety

🚨ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence webinar Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬 ti.ubc.ca/harms-aud-sud/ Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood #polypharmacy #alcohol #substanceusedisorder

ICYMI: Talking to patients about #Antibiotics Patient handout: When Are Oral Antibiotics the Right Choice? ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... 👉🏼See also our TI Letter 155: ti.ubc.ca/Letter155 #PatientEducation #MedEd #prescribing

Looking for guidance on how to stop PPIs safely? Find our evidence-based PPI deprescribing guideline, algorithm, infographic, and patient pamphlet to help guide appropriate deprescribing of PPIs here: buff.ly/tHiUEmo Also check out Choosing Wisely Canada's "Bye-Bye, PPI" toolkit: buff.ly/Vch4OB3

ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence Webinar recording: Oral vs IV Antibiotics ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... See also: TI Therapeutics Letter on #antibiotics: ✅ ti.ubc.ca/letter155 Patient handout: When are oral antibiotics the right choice? ✅ ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... #MedEd #CME #BetterPrescribing

#BetterPrescribing -> Better Health ❤️💪 Physician? Nurse Practitioner? Pharmacist? Researcher? 👩🏾‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ ✅Never miss another UBC Therapeutics Initiative webinar, workshop, or publication ✅SUBSCRIBE to our Letters & events: bit.ly/31oXMAK #independent #MedEd #deprescribing

The 3rd keynote speaker at the #PrescQIPP2025 Annual Event and Awards is leading academic psychiatrist Dr Mark Horowitz. Dr Horowitz will discuss Deprescribing Antidepressants, including patient perspectives and practical guidance. Register at prescqipp.info/community-re...

ICYMI - #Deprescribing webinar recording! 😍 When making decisions about 🛑 #statins, consider: ✅pt values, preferences ✅health status ✅current evidence Watch as the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson summarizes current evidence: tiny.cc/StatinDepres... #MedEd #ptsafety #medsafety

🚨ICYMI - #BestEvidence webinar recording 😍 Safe & sound: Polypharmacy & rational primary care ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24 Dr. Dee Mangin describes vital aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples/areas of challenge for rational treatment #DrugEvidence24 #MedEd

ICYMI: What happens when invisible/abandoned clinical trials are re-examined? 🔍🤔 Watch Dr. Juan Erviti in our TI #BestEvidence webinar: ti.ubc.ca/RIAT #MedEd #medsafety #SegPac #ResearchMethods

🚨 TI #BestEvidence webinar recording 😍 The TI's Dr. Anshula Ambasta discusses "Thyroid testing for primary hypothyroidism" 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QN... See also: TI Therapeutics Letter: ti.ubc.ca/letter154 TI Prescribing Portrait: ti.ubc.ca/thyroid-port... #MedEd #diagnosis

ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to 🛑 antidepressants 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter157 🐌 Avoid abrupt discontinuation 👀 Monitor patients after dose reductions 👩‍🏫 Patient education + shared decision-making to minimize harms and improve outcomes #deprescribing #MedEd #antidepressants #ptsafety

Toronto-area MDs and pharmacists: Join us for Therapeutics Day 2025 - Relevant topics - Great speakers (but also me) - You will be fed - You will get CE credits Register here: tinyurl.com/mr447y5n

Looking for expert guidance + practical approaches to how/when to🛑 #antidepressants in primary care? Watch our TI Best Evidence #deprescribing webinar recording👨🏾‍💻🤩 ✅Speaker: Dr. Dee Mangin ✅Video: bit.ly/3sSllis #MedEd #CME #BetterPrescribing #FOAMed

ICYMI - PRISMA 2020 Webinar recording! 🚨 Dr. Matthew Page discusses the 2020 PRISMA Statement - why it matters + preferred reporting for #SystematicReviews www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3RY...

ICYMI: #prescribing WEBINAR on safety + efficacy of Bupropion 💊 Do you want to know: 🔎 Best avail evidence for #bupropion? ⚠️ Toxic thresholds, effects? 💊 What is known about bupropion dose response? 👉🏽Video: ti.ubc.ca/bupropion-sa... #medsafety #MedEd #ADHD #depression #anxiety

ICYMI - How well do you know your dopamine antagonists? TI Letter ti.ubc.ca/letter139 Patient videos youtu.be/nrM8Az7RHKU Patients briefly explain why it's important for prescribers, pharmacists, pts, carers to recognize early occurrence of adverse effects #medsky #pharmsky #medsafety

ICYMI: Talking to patients about #Antibiotics Patient handout: When Are Oral Antibiotics the Right Choice? ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... 👉🏼See also our TI Letter 155: ti.ubc.ca/Letter155 #PatientEducation #MedEd #prescribing

🗓️ SAVE THE DATES - REGISTRATION OPENS EARLY SEPTEMBER! ⌛️ TI Bringing #BestEvidence to Clinicians Annual Course Join us Nov 28-29 & connect with a dynamic community of clinicians+experts who are passionate about using the best evidence to improve patient care #DrugEvidence25

'Brief Report Anticholinergic Equivalence in Psychotropic Medications A Guide for Psychiatrists' journals.lww.com/psychopharma...

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording 🚨 Highlights from TI Portrait Featuring the TI's Dr. Aaron Tejani 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=-5V9... Sign up for TI Portrait here: ti.ubc.ca/portrait #prescribing #MedEd #BetterPrescribing

🚨ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence webinar Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬 Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood 👉🏽http://ti.ubc.ca/harms-aud-sud/ #polypharmacy #alcohol #substanceusedisorder

It's important to recognize that our medication needs change overtime. #Deprescribing is a critical process to ensure medications are continually re-assessed. It should be done in collaboration with a trained healthcare professional. Learn more at: deprescribing.org

🆕 TI #BestEvidence webinar recording: Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth? 👉Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUi... #citalopram #escitalopram #prescribing

🧵 Come work with us! 1/ The UBC Therapeutics Initiative seeks talented, energetic and dedicated individuals to join our team!

🚨ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence webinar Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬 ti.ubc.ca/harms-aud-sud/ Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood #polypharmacy #alcohol #substanceusedisorder

🚨 ICYMI - Diagnostic test accuracy #MetaAnalysis methods View the recording: ti.ubc.ca/2023/05/17/d... #ResearchMethods #NetworkMetaAnalysis

🚨 TI #BestEvidence webinar recording: Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth? 👉Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUi... #citalopram #escitalopram #prescribing

🆕 TI #BestEvidence webinar recording 🆕 Highlights from TI Portrait Featuring the TI's Dr. Aaron Tejani @amtejani.bsky.social 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5V9... Sign up for TI Portrait here: www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait #prescribing #MedEd #BetterPrescribing

An umbrella review of 11 meta-analyses finds a significant association between PPI use and increased CDI risk. The highest risk was observed in the ICU setting, and in patients with recurrent CDI. Read more: buff.ly/Ksuq7LJ Let's prevent mortality from C.Diff and reassess our PPIs.

ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence Webinar recording: Oral vs IV Antibiotics ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... See also: TI Therapeutics Letter on #antibiotics: ✅ ti.ubc.ca/letter155 Patient handout: When are oral antibiotics the right choice? ✅ ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... #MedEd #CME #BetterPrescribing

🆕 UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to 🛑 antidepressants 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter157 🐌 Avoid abrupt discontinuation 👀 Monitor patients after dose reductions 👩‍🏫 Patient education + shared decision-making to minimize harms and improve outcomes #deprescribing #MedEd #antidepressants #ptsafety

🆕 UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to 🛑 antidepressants 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter157 Check out our patient handout on stopping #antidepressants! 👇 #MedEd #patienteducation #deprescribing #patientsafety

🚨UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to 🛑 antidepressants 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter157 🐌 Avoid abrupt discontinuation 👀 Monitor patients after dose reductions 👩‍🏫 Patient education + shared decision-making to minimize harms and improve outcomes #deprescribing #MedEd #antidepressants #ptsafety

🚨 UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to 🛑 antidepressants 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter157 Check out our patient handout on stopping #antidepressants! 👇 #MedEd #patienteducation #deprescribing #patientsafety

ICYMI: Talking to patients about #Antibiotics🚨 Patient handout: When Are Oral Antibiotics the Right Choice? ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... 👉🏼See also our TI Letter 155: ti.ubc.ca/Letter155 #PatientEducation #MedEd #prescribing

ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to 🛑 antidepressants 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter157 🐌 Avoid abrupt discontinuation 👀 Monitor patients after dose reductions 👩‍🏫 Patient education + shared decision-making to minimize harms and improve outcomes #deprescribing #MedEd #antidepressants #ptsafety

📣 Funding Opportunity for Med & Pharm Students! Want to raise awareness of the risks of polypharmacy & promote deprescribing among your peers? CADeN‬ is offering funding to support student-led activities on the topic! Apply by Sept 30: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/student-fund...

ICYMI: How well do you know your dopamine antagonists? TI Therapeutics Letter: ti.ubc.ca/letter139 Patient experience videos: Pts explain why it's important for prescribers, carers, pharmacists, pts, to recognize early occurrence of #AdverseEffects #medsafety #ptsafety #deprescribing

ICYMI: What happens when invisible/abandoned clinical trials are re-examined? 🔍🤔 Watch Dr. Juan Erviti in our TI #BestEvidence webinar: ti.ubc.ca/RIAT #MedEd #medsafety #SegPac #ResearchMethods

🚨ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence webinar Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬 ti.ubc.ca/harms-aud-sud/ Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood #polypharmacy #alcohol #substanceusedisorder

Meta-Analysis of RCTs studying Interventions to #deprescribe Benzos & other Sedative Hypnotics in ‪@bmj.com‬ finds: ➡️ Patient education, med reviews, & pharmacist-led educational interventions may increase discontinuation rates ➡️ Multicomponent interventions may be more effective buff.ly/m3sNb0R

🚨 TI #BestEvidence webinar recording 😍 The TI's Dr. Anshula Ambasta discusses "Thyroid testing for primary hypothyroidism" 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QN... See also: TI Therapeutics Letter: ti.ubc.ca/letter154 TI Prescribing Portrait: ti.ubc.ca/thyroid-port... #MedEd #diagnosis

🆕 Check out our latest TI blog update! www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/06/30/t... ✅ TI Letter 156 ✅ #BestEvidence webinar on antibiotics ✅ Learning more about TI Portrait ✅ Save the dates: TI Annual Course ✅ Acknowledging our 2025 contributors ✅ Subscribe to receive our updates #BetterPrescribing #BetterHealth

A new SR & MA compared 10 types of interventions on benzo & sed. hypnotic discontinuation. Good news for CADeN & our partner Sleepwell: patient education, med. reviews and pharmacist-led education interventions were more effective than usual care. Full study here: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording The TI's Dr. Anshula Ambasta discusses "Thyroid testing for primary hypothyroidism" 👉 ti.ubc.ca/thyroid-test... See also: TI Therapeutics Letter: ti.ubc.ca/letter154 TI Prescribing Portrait: ti.ubc.ca/thyroid-portrait #MedEd #diagnosis

Today is the inaugural International Rational Use of Medicines Day, with the theme "Local Change, Global Impact"! For this 1st edition, the Int'l Society to Improve the Use of Medicines (ISIUM) reminds us that meaningful change in medication use starts at the local level: isium.org/events/irum-...

ICYMI - How well do you know your dopamine antagonists? TI Letter ti.ubc.ca/letter139 Patient videos youtu.be/nrM8Az7RHKU Patients briefly explain why it's important for prescribers, pharmacists, pts, carers to recognize early occurrence of adverse effects #medsky #pharmsky #medsafety

ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence Webinar recording: Oral vs IV Antibiotics ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... See also: TI Therapeutics Letter on #antibiotics: ✅ ti.ubc.ca/letter155 Patient handout: When are oral antibiotics the right choice? ✅ ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... #MedEd #CME #BetterPrescribing