A new study highlights potentially problematic prescribing cascades that occur when people are given a medication to help them deal with an adverse drug reaction caused by a previously taken ...

The analysis included 120 veterans (66 years and older) who potentially experienced the gabapentinoid-LD prescribing cascade. HealthDay News — The potential downstream harms in the gabapentinoid ...

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin - which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain - leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Responsible medication use includes deprescribing medications when the risks outweigh potential benefits. An ACP ...

When doctors treat drug side effects as new illnesses, older adults may be prescribed even more medications — a cycle known as a “prescribing cascade.” A new study says this prescribing cycle can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Calcium channel blockers that are often prescribed to older adults with hypertension can cause peripheral edema, ...

The medical mistakes that befell the 87-year-old mother of a North Carolina pharmacist should not happen to anyone, and my hope is that this column will keep you and your loved ones from experiencing ...

Elderly adults with hypertension who are newly prescribed a calcium-channel blocker (CCB), compared to other antihypertensive agents, are at least twice as likely to be given a loop diuretic over the ...

Background and Goal: “Prescribing cascades” occur when one medication is used to treat or prevent a side effect of another medication. An unintentional cascade can arise when a patient's symptoms are ...