Use of preventive medication and supplements in general practice in patients in their last year of life: a Retrospective cohort study

• Published in: BMC family practice Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 101
• Main Authors: Antonisse, Anne, van der Baan, Frederieke H, Grant, Matthew, Uyttewaal, Gon, Verboeket, Cathelijne, Smits-Pelser, Hanneke, Teunissen, Saskia C C M, Geijteman, Eric C T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 15.04.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Bisphosphonates; Cholesterol; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort analysis; Data collection; Dietary supplements; Diphosphonates; Discontinuing; Family physicians; Family Practice; Health aspects; Home-care setting; Humans; Illnesses; Inappropriate drugs; Life-limiting illness; Medical personnel; Medicine, Preventive; Methods; Palliative care; Patients; Physicians (General practice); Polypharmacy; Prescription drugs; Preventive health services; Preventive medication use; Primary care; Qualitative research; Quality of life; Retrospective Studies; Services; Terminal illnesses; Vitamins - therapeutic use; Netherlands; Palliative care; Home-care setting; Life-limiting illness; Inappropriate drugs; Discontinuing; Preventive medication use

Several preventive medications and supplements become inappropriate in the last phase of life due to increased risk of adverse events caused by changed pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions, and changed care goals. Information on these preventive medication and supplements use in patients with a...