Inappropriate Prescribing

"Inappropriate Prescribing" 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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The practice of administering medications in a manner that poses more risk than benefit, particularly where safer alternatives exist.

Descriptor ID	D057970
MeSH Number(s)	E02.319.490 N02.421.450.500.249
Concept/Terms	Inappropriate Prescribing Inappropriate Prescribing Inappropriate Prescribings Prescribing, Inappropriate Prescribings, Inappropriate Inappropriate Prescriptions Inappropriate Prescriptions Inappropriate Prescription Prescription, Inappropriate Prescriptions, Inappropriate Over Prescribing Over Prescribing Over Prescribings Prescribing, Over Prescribings, Over

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Inappropriate Prescribing".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Drug Therapy [E02.319]
Inappropriate Prescribing [E02.319.490]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Medical Errors [N02.421.450]
Medication Errors [N02.421.450.500]
Inappropriate Prescribing [N02.421.450.500.249]

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Bar chart showing 21 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014 and 2017 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	0	1	1
2017	3	0	3
2018	0	1	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	1	2

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Nightingale G, Scopelliti EM, Casten R, Woloshin M, Xiao S, Kelley M, Chang AM, Hollander JE, Leiby BE, Peterson AM, Pizzi LT, Rising KL, White N, Rovner B. Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Blacks with Diabetes Mellitus Presenting to the Emergency Department. J Aging Health. 2022 Aug-Sep; 34(4-5):499-507.

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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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Alame D, Hess B, El-Beyrouty C. Antimicrobial Stewardship: What the Clinical Laboratory Needs to Know. Clin Lab Med. 2020 12; 40(4):509-520.

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Patel MS, Updegrove GF, Singh AM, Jamgochian GC, LoBiondo D, Abboud JA, Ramsey ML, Lazarus MD. Characterizing opioid consumption in the 30-day post-operative period following shoulder surgery: are we over prescribing? Phys Sportsmed. 2021 05; 49(2):158-164.

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Joerger T, Chan S, Swami SK, Handy LK. Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy to Restrict Palivizumab Use. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019 May 11; 8(2):189-190.

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Schlapbach LJ, Weiss SL, Wolf J. Reducing Collateral Damage From Mandates for Time to Antibiotics in Pediatric Sepsis-Primum Non Nocere. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 05 01; 173(5):409-410.

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Stepan JG, Lovecchio FC, Premkumar A, Kahlenberg CA, Albert TJ, Baurley JW, Nwachukwu BU. Development of an Institutional Opioid Prescriber Education Program and Opioid-Prescribing Guidelines: Impact on Prescribing Practices. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Jan 02; 101(1):5-13.

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Saini S, McDonald EL, Shakked R, Nicholson K, Rogero R, Chapter M, Winters BS, Pedowitz DI, Raikin SM, Daniel JN. Prospective Evaluation of Utilization Patterns and Prescribing Guidelines of Opioid Consumption Following Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery. Foot Ankle Int. 2018 11; 39(11):1257-1265.

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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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McGrath K, Hajjar ER, Kumar C, Hwang C, Salzman B. Deprescribing: A simple method for reducing polypharmacy. J Fam Pract. 2017 Jul; 66(7):436-445.

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