Potentially Inappropriate Medication List

"Potentially Inappropriate Medication List" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A list, criteria, or screening tool designed to improve PATIENT SAFETY by determining an individual's exposure to potentially inappropriate drugs. They are designed to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS by INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING. Analysis for a list includes factors such as DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; AGE FACTORS; GENDER; and existing medical conditions.

Descriptor ID	D000067561
MeSH Number(s)	N04.761.700.615 N05.700.594
Concept/Terms	Potentially Inappropriate Medication List Potentially Inappropriate Medication List PIM List PIM Lists Potentially Inappropriate Medications Inappropriate Medication, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Potentially Medication, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Potentially Inappropriate Potentially Inappropriate Medication Beers Criteria Beers Criteria Beers Potentially Inappropriate Medications de Beers Criteria Beers Criteria, de STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) STOPPs (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions STOPP STOPP START Criteria Criteria, STOPP START Criterias, STOPP START START Criteria, STOPP START Criterias, STOPP STOPP START Criterias Medication Appropriateness Index Medication Appropriateness Index Appropriateness Index, Medication Appropriateness Indices, Medication Index, Medication Appropriateness Indices, Medication Appropriateness Medication Appropriateness Indices

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Potentially Inappropriate Medication List".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N04.761.700]
Potentially Inappropriate Medication List [N04.761.700.615]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N05.700]
Potentially Inappropriate Medication List [N05.700.594]

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Bar chart showing 9 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2021 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2017	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	1	1	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1

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Singh S, Cocoros NM, Li X, Mazor KM, Antonelli MT, Parlett L, Paullin M, Harkins TP, Zhou Y, Rochon PA, Platt R, Dashevsky I, Massino C, Saphirak C, Crawford SL, Gurwitz JH. Developing a PRogram to Educate and Sensitize Caregivers to Reduce the Inappropriate Prescription Burden in the Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease (D-PRESCRIBE-AD): Trial protocol and rationale of an open-label pragmatic, prospective randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2024; 19(2):e0297562.

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Rochon PA, Stall NM, Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Gurwitz JH. STOPP/START version 3: even better with age. Eur Geriatr Med. 2023 08; 14(4):635-637.

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Liu AK, Possin KL, Cook KM, Lynch S, Dulaney S, Merrilees JJ, Braley T, Kiekhofer RE, Bonasera SJ, Allen IE, Chiong W, Clark AM, Feuer J, Ewalt J, Guterman EL, Gearhart R, Miller BL, Lee KP. Effect of collaborative dementia care on potentially inappropriate medication use: Outcomes from the Care Ecosystem randomized clinical trial. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 05; 19(5):1865-1875.

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Linsky AM, Kressin NR, Stolzmann K, Pendergast J, Rosen AK, Bokhour BG, Simon SR. Direct-to-consumer strategies to promote deprescribing in primary care: a pilot study. BMC Prim Care. 2022 03 22; 23(1):53.

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Rochon PA, Petrovic M, Cherubini A, Onder G, O'Mahony D, Sternberg SA, Stall NM, Gurwitz JH. Polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing, and deprescribing in older people: through a sex and gender lens. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2021 05; 2(5):e290-e300.

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Alcusky M, Thomas RB, Jafari N, Keith SW, Kee A, Del Canale S, Lombardi M, Maio V. Reduction in unplanned hospitalizations associated with a physician focused intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults: a population-based cohort study. BMC Geriatr. 2021 03 31; 21(1):218.

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Maclagan LC, Maxwell CJ, Harris DA, Campitelli MA, Diong C, Lapane KL, Hogan DB, Rochon P, Herrmann N, Bronskill SE. Sex Differences in Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Patterns: A Cohort Study of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents with Dementia in Ontario, Canada. Drugs Aging. 2020 11; 37(11):817-827.

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Linsky A, Stolzmann K, Simon SR, Cabral H, Rosen AK. Patient Possession of Excess Medication Supply in the VA: A Retrospective Database Study. Med Care. 2019 11; 57(11):898-904.

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Varga S, Alcusky M, Keith SW, Hegarty SE, Del Canale S, Lombardi M, Maio V. Hospitalization rates during potentially inappropriate medication use in a large population-based cohort of older adults. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Nov; 83(11):2572-2580.

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Yedinak JL, Kinnard EN, Hadland SE, Green TC, Clark MA, Marshall BD. Social context and perspectives of non-medical prescription opioid use among young adults in Rhode Island: A qualitative study. Am J Addict. 2016 12; 25(8):659-665.

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