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1 day ago
🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video: Dr. Tom Perry: What
#akathisia
feels like
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQ...
#MedEd
#PatientVideos
#medsafety
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Dr. Tom Perry: What akathisia feels like
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQHU0LEM4
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about 8 hours ago
🚨 UBC TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording Evidence-based approaches to
#menopause
: Overcoming
#misinformation
ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e...
#MedEd
#WomensHealth
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21 days ago
❤️
#ExercisePrescriptions
: How much activity should people get? It depends on their age. 👉🏾See the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology activity guidelines for different age groups:
csepguidelines.ca
🏊🏾♂️🏃🏾♀️🚶🏾
#Exercise
#prescribing
#ExerciseRx
#BetterHealth
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26 days ago
‼️We need to talk about
#Tramadol
💊 ICYMI: Our
#BestEvidence
webinar recording featuring the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte Practical info for clinicians considering tramadol for pain:
bit.ly/3onIs05
👉More here:
ti.ubc.ca/letter131
#MedEd
#deprescribing
#pain
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29 days ago
ICYMI: HOW OFTEN... should
#A1c
tests be used to monitor patients with
#T2DM
? 🤔 Find out in our
#BestEvidence
webinar recording: 👉
ti.ubc.ca/a1c-testing-webinar
See also: 👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout:
ti.ubc.ca/letter161
#MedEd
#diabetes
#labtesting
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 1 month ago
ICYMI: TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording
youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM
Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice: a product of magical thinking in medicine ✅ How we choose
#antibiotics
durations ✅ Recognize limitations of how we select durations ✅ Determining optimal duration
#BetterPrescribing
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Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 1 month ago
🆕 Examining
#HbA1c
in Frail Older Adults: A Linked Data Cohort Study
www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/04/22/e...
For frail people with
#diabetes
, there are important management lessons, including the possibility that HbA1c is not a useful metric & that
#overtreatment
with hypoglycaemic agents must be considered
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Therapeutics Initiative | Examining HbA1c in Frail Older Adults: A Linked Data Cohort Study
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/04/22/examining-hba1c-in-frail-older-adults-a-linked-data-cohort-study/
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about 1 month ago
🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI
#ResearchMethods
recording What is the role of regulatory documents & individual patient data in drug assessments? 👉
www.ti.ubc.ca/2023/05/10/r...
#medsafety
#RIAT
#OpenResearch
#ResearchTransparency
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Dr. Juan Erviti: The need for access to regulatory documents for better drug assessment
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTk4bbQnBX0
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 1 month ago
HOW OFTEN... should
#A1c
tests be used to monitor patients with
#T2DM
? 🤔 Find out in our latest
#BestEvidence
webinar recording: 👉
ti.ubc.ca/a1c-testing-webinar
See also: 👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout:
ti.ubc.ca/letter161
#MedEd
#diabetes
#labtesting
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 1 month ago
⌛️TODAY (Apr 22 @ 11:45 PDT) ⌛️ UBC TI
#BestEvidence
Webinar: Dr. David Juurlink - Treating
#pain
is harder than it looks ✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief ✅ Myths & hidden harms of analgesics REGISTER:
www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/t...
#MedEd
#prescribing
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 2 months ago
🚨ICYMI: UBC TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording Oral vs IV Antibiotics
ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-...
See also: TI Therapeutics
#antibiotics
Letter
ti.ubc.ca/letter155
Patient handout: When are oral ABX the right choice?
ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-...
#MedEd
#BetterPrescribing
#ABX
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reposted by
CADeN | ReCAD
about 2 months ago
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
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 2 months ago
🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video: Dr. Tom Perry: What
#akathisia
feels like
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQ...
#MedEd
#PatientVideos
#medsafety
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Dr. Tom Perry: What akathisia feels like
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQHU0LEM4
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 2 months ago
ICYMI -
#Deprescribing
webinar recording! 😍 When making decisions about 🛑
#statins
, consider: ✅ Patient values, preferences ✅ Health status ✅ Current evidence Watch as the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson summarizes current evidence:
tiny.cc/StatinDepres...
#MedEd
#ptsafety
#medsafety
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 2 months ago
‼️We need to talk about
#Tramadol
💊 ICYMI: Our
#BestEvidence
webinar recording featuring the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte Practical info for clinicians considering tramadol for pain:
bit.ly/3onIs05
👉More here:
ti.ubc.ca/letter131
#MedEd
#deprescribing
#pain
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 2 months ago
🚨 ICYMI -
#Opioids
prescribing webinar recording featuring pharmacologist Dr. David Juurlink 💊 What have we learned about
#prescribing
? 💊 How should we treat pain when opioids overdoses have become an intractable epidemic? 👉🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr46...
#pain
#MedEd
#medsafety
#deprescribing
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Dr. David Juurlink: Relieving pain in the era of fentanyl
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://youtu.be/dr46qDfy75w?si=hLTKl_wB9H8Dd39-
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
about 2 months ago
⌛️TODAY (Apr 8 @ Noon PDT)⌛️ UBC TI
#BestEvidence
Webinar Appropriate HbA1c testing frequency to monitor pts with
#T2DM
✅ Practical tips on optimal frequency of A1c testing ✅ Using TI
#PrescribingPortaits
to optimize your test ordering REGISTER
www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/a...
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
2 months ago
ICYMI: 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
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Dr. Dionzie Ong: Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth?
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUikNCj_GA
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
2 months ago
🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video: Dr. Tom Perry: What
#akathisia
feels like
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQ...
#MedEd
#PatientVideos
#medsafety
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
2 months ago
🚨ICYMI: How should we diagnose and treat skin + soft tissue infections (#SSTIs)? Watch our UBC TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording featuring Dr. Davie Wong 👉
bit.ly/3bh40b5
#MedEd
#antibiotics
#diagnosis
#prescribing
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
2 months ago
🆕 UBC TI Best Evidence Webinar 🆕 Dr. David Juurlink: Treating
#pain
is harder than it looks 🤕 ⏰ Weds 22 April @ 11:45 PDT ✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief ✅ The many hidden harms of analgesics ✅ Myths about common analgesics REGISTER:
www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/t...
#MedEd
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Pharmacy associations still taking sponsorship from pharma...not sure what to say except is it worth it? I don't think so
2 months ago
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2 months ago
ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness?
ti.ubc.ca/letter160
#PPIs
#prescribing
#ptsafety
#CostAnalysis
#AcidReflux
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🚨TI
#ResearchMethods
webinars page Find ALL of our Methods Speaker Series webinars in one place:
ti.ubc.ca/research-met...
Topics include:
#AI
,
#KnowledgeTranslation
,
#GuidelineDevelopment
,
#StatisticalMethods
, ➕ much more!
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🆕 UBC TI
#BestEvidence
Webinar recording! "GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes" Speaker: The TI's
@guillaume-grenet.bsky.social
👉 View recording:
youtu.be/JUCIfScMqGY
#MedEd
#CME
#diabetes
#CVD
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Dr. Guillaume Grenet: GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://youtu.be/JUCIfScMqGY
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
ICYMI: TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording! 🚨
#ADHD
and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Of...
Speaker: Dr. Allyson Harrison
#MedEd
#diagnosis
#BetterPrescribing
#BetterHealth
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Dr. Allyson Harrison: ADHD and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OfoVcaCjk
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🆕 UBC TI
#SystematicReview
: Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy & Safety of Various Single Enantiomer & Racemic Mixture Pairs 👉
www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/11/13/c...
#dexlansoprazole
#escitalopram
#esomeprazole
#prescribing
#costanalysis
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Therapeutics Initiative | Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Various Single Enantiomer and Racemic Mixture Pairs
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/11/13/comparative-analysis-of-the-efficacy-and-safety-of-various-single-enantiomer-and-racemic-mixture-pairs/
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🆕 UBC TI publication: Nearly 30% of older adults with type 2
#diabetes
in BC may be over-treated, despite already having A1C ≤7% 😮 ⚠️
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/3...
#OverTreatment
#T2DM
#LTC
#prescribing
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Estimating prevalence and predictors of glucose-lowering overtreatment among older adults with type 2 diabetes in long-term care and community settings: a machine learning–based cohort study
Objective To estimate the prevalence of potential overtreatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among older adults and to develop and compare predictive models to identify patient and physician cha...
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/3/e106707
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
2/ PPIs should not be prescribed at high doses over many years until better long-term evidence of safety is available Prescribing omeprazole or lansoprazole rather than single-enantiomers would potentially save over 21 million dollars per year in British Columbia
#BetterPrescribing
#BetterHealth
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🚨 UBC TI
#Deprescribing
webinar (May 6th) "Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It" Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook 👉 REGISTER NOW:
ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd
#CME
#polypharmacy
#BetterPrescribing
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
❤️Tips and tricks for patients starting new
#exercise
habits 🕺🏾🏓🧘🏾♂️ 3 Step changing behaviour model from @bjfogg and other healthy activity tips from the TI's Dr. Josh Levin
#ExercisePrescriptions
#prescribing
#ExRx
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
2/ PPIs should not be prescribed at high doses over many years until better long-term evidence of safety is available Prescribing omeprazole or lansoprazole rather than single-enantiomers would potentially save over 21 million dollars per year in British Columbia
#BetterPrescribing
#BetterHealth
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🧵UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 1/ Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness?
ti.ubc.ca/letter160
#PPIs
#prescribing
#ptsafety
#CostAnalysis
#AcidReflux
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
🧵UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 🆕 1/ Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness?
ti.ubc.ca/letter160
#PPIs
#prescribing
#ptsafety
#CostAnalysis
#AcidReflux
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
3 months ago
ICYMI: TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording Using your TI Portrait &
mysleepwell.ca
for optimal
#insomnia
management 🎤 Speakers: Dr. Aaron Tejani + Dr. David Gardner 👩🏽💻 Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9g...
#PrescribingPortraits
#MedEd
#deprescribing
#BetterPrescribing
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Dr Aaron Tejani + Dr David Gardner: TI Portrait & mysleepwell.ca for optimal management of insomnia
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9ge2WXrcA
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
4 months ago
TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording
youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM
Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine ✅ How we choose
#antibiotics
durations ✅ Recognize limitations of how we select durations ✅ Determining optimal duration
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Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
4 months ago
🆕 UBC TI
#BestEvidence
Webinar 🆕 "GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes" 🔉 Speaker: The TI's
@guillaume-grenet.bsky.social
🗓️ Date: 11 February @ Noon Pacific 👉 Register now:
www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/03/g...
#MedEd
#CME
#diabetes
#CVD
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
4 months ago
ICYMI: TI
#BestEvidence
webinar recording! 🚨
#ADHD
and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Of...
Speaker: Dr. Allyson Harrison
#MedEd
#diagnosis
#BetterPrescribing
#BetterHealth
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Dr. Allyson Harrison: ADHD and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OfoVcaCjk
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
4 months ago
🚨UBC TI
#Deprescribing
webinar (May 6th) "Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It" Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook 👉 REGISTER NOW:
ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd
#CME
#polypharmacy
#BetterPrescribing
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
4 months ago
Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist Lessons learned during the
#deprescribing
process
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
4 months ago
BC family
#physicians
& NPs: Are you interested in reviewing + assessing your prescribing practices? 👩🏽⚕️👨🏼⚕️💊 Sign up to receive your confidential, personalized prescribing portrait from our TI Prescribing Portraits program:
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#MedEd
#PrescribingPortraits
#BetterPrescribing
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
5 months ago
🎺🎺 WEBINAR:
#Deprescribing
multiple psychotropic medications Our deprescribing webinar series returns January 28! 😍 REGISTER NOW:
ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
#MedEd
#CME
#antidepressants
#mentalhealth
#BetterPrescribing
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
5 months ago
🎺🎺 Our popular UBC TI
#Deprescribing
webinar series returns January 28! 😍 REGISTER NOW:
ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin...
Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist
#MedEd
#CME
#antidepressants
#mentalhealth
#BetterPrescribing
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deprescribing.org
6 months ago
💡 Large retrospective study finds approximately 1 in 20 nursing home residents who start
#gabapentinoids
go on to receive a loop diuretic within 3 months. The study highlights the prevalence of an often overlooked prescribing cascade! Read the full article here:
buff.ly/5u5O3qh
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CADeN | ReCAD
6 months ago
Un nouvelle étude de notre partenaire Mieux-Dormir.ca révèle qu'au N-B, près de 1/4 (22%) des aînés prend des sédatifs pour dormir: presque 3x la moyenne nationale (8%). Visionnez le reportage du Téléjournal Acadie de
@info.radio-canada.ca
pour en savoir plus:
tinyurl.com/msw9uhbn
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Les aînés du N.-B, utilisent plus de sédatifs pour dormir que les autres Canadiens | Le téléjournal Acadie
Une étude menée par l’Université Dalhousie révèle que les aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick utilisent des sédatifs à un niveau deux fois et demi plus élevé que la moyenne nationale, entraînant des risques ac...
https://tinyurl.com/msw9uhbn
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
6 months ago
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
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Dr. Wade Thompson: Statin deprescribing for older adults
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEoGUjuI3o&t=1s
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reposted by
CHARMER deprescribing study
6 months ago
We are delighted to share that our feasibility study results are now published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy! 🎉 📄 Read here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.sa...
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this work!
#Research
#Pharmacy
#Deprescribing
#HealthcareInnovation
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
6 months ago
🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 156: Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome – Update 👉
ti.ubc.ca/letter156
Antidepressants can be helpful for some people; but starting or stopping requires care Knowing about types of possible withdrawal problems helps prescribers guide patients in 🛑 more safely
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reposted by
Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
6 months ago
🩺 A brief (100 seconds!) video intro to TI Portraits:
youtu.be/ZCoDcz98LgA
⏱️Quick+easy sign-up 🔄Personal
#PrescribingPortraits
📄Compare w/ peers 🏆CME credits Sign up & receive confidential, personalized
#prescribing
recommendations:
ti.ubc.ca/portrait
#MedEd
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A brief introduction to using Portrait Online. Presented by Alecz Reyes and Arrietty Song
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
https://youtu.be/ZCoDcz98LgA
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reposted by
deprescribing.org
6 months ago
This project was a part of our multi-year DIAL Study to investigate, "Deintensifying Diabetes Management for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care". Learn more about the DIAL study here:
buff.ly/x6o51mW
Find
deprescribing.org's
antihyperglycemic
#deprescribing
resources here:
buff.ly/TaViSam
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Deintensifying Diabetes Management for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care - Deprescribing.org
Over 25% of older adults living in long-term care (LTC) have diabetes. In Ontario, more than half of LTC residents with diabetes are treated too strictly (i.e. A1c < 7%). This puts residents at risk…
https://deprescribing.org/news/deintensifying-diabetes-management-for-older-adults-living-in-long-term-care/
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