January 2020 - Polypharmacy and deprescribing: just ask the patient

In January's podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) consider the burden of overprescribing and discuss how to tackle some of the barriers to deprescribing (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/2). They also review an article on the place of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/3), highlight an article on prescribing for pregnancy for women with mental health issues (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/8), and discuss a case report of sitagliptin-induced seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/58/1/12). Please subscribe to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer every month. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a review or a comment at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309. Thank you for listening.