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Deprescribing sedatives: a discussion with two pharmacists
Manage episode 423442623 series 2527735
When are sleep aids indicated? What is the evidence behind melatonin? Why do sedatives put patients at risk for pneumonia?
Learn all this and more in this week’s episode of the CFP Podcast. Drs Sarah Fraser and Nick Pimlott interview two pharmacists about the topic of insomnia and deprescribing sedatives. Dr David Gardner is a pharmacist and the Director of Research in Community Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and Dr. Stephanie Lynch is a pharmacist with a Family Health Team in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University in Belleville, Ontario.
In this podcast, the guests share their expertise on the topic of insomnia. Topics covered range from the evidence on the effectiveness of sedatives, important side effects of these drugs, and approaches to deprescribing them for your patients.
Below you can find links to two of the resources mentioned by the guests:
https://healthsci.queensu.ca/opdes/cpd/educational-programs-opportunities/insomnia
67 Episoden
Manage episode 423442623 series 2527735
When are sleep aids indicated? What is the evidence behind melatonin? Why do sedatives put patients at risk for pneumonia?
Learn all this and more in this week’s episode of the CFP Podcast. Drs Sarah Fraser and Nick Pimlott interview two pharmacists about the topic of insomnia and deprescribing sedatives. Dr David Gardner is a pharmacist and the Director of Research in Community Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and Dr. Stephanie Lynch is a pharmacist with a Family Health Team in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University in Belleville, Ontario.
In this podcast, the guests share their expertise on the topic of insomnia. Topics covered range from the evidence on the effectiveness of sedatives, important side effects of these drugs, and approaches to deprescribing them for your patients.
Below you can find links to two of the resources mentioned by the guests:
https://healthsci.queensu.ca/opdes/cpd/educational-programs-opportunities/insomnia
67 Episoden
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