Discontinuation

	Discontinuation Medication discontinuation is the ceasing of a medication treatment for a patient by either the clinician or the patient themself. When initiated by the clinician, it is known as deprescribing. Medication discontinuation is an important medical practice that may be motivated by a number of reasons: * Reducing polypharmacy * Reducing health expenditure * Improving quality of life by ceasing medications with potential adverse effects or where the indication for a medical treatment may have changed * Reflect changes in evidence that support a treatment * Reflecting changes in treatment goals, such as a move to end-of-life care. Unlike the prescribing of medications, appropriate discontinuation has not attracted nearly as much attention or interest. End-of-life care Medications may be stopped in the context of end-of-life care, such as medications that may affect risk factors for future disease. Medications that may be stopped as part of discussions about end-of-life care inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome, also called antidepressant withdrawal syndrome, is a condition that can occur following the interruption, reduction, or discontinuation of antidepressant medication following its continuous use of at least a month. The symptoms may include flu-like symptoms, trouble sleeping, nausea, poor balance, sensory changes, akathisia, intrusive thoughts, depersonalization and derealization, mania, anxiety, and depression. The problem usually begins within three days and may last for several weeks or months. Psychosis may rarely occur. A discontinuation syndrome can occur after stopping any antidepressant including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). The risk is greater among those who have taken the medication for longer and when the medication in question has a short half-life. The underlying reaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rebound Effect The rebound effect, or rebound phenomenon, is the emergence or re-emergence of symptoms that were either absent or controlled while taking a medication, but appear when that same medication is discontinued or reduced in dosage. In the case of re-emergence, the severity of the symptoms is often worse than pretreatment levels. Definition The rebound effect, or pharmaceutical rebound phenomenon, is the emergence or re-emergence of symptoms that were either absent or controlled while taking a medication, but appear when that same medication is discontinued or reduced in dosage. In the case of re-emergence, the severity of the symptoms is often worse than pretreatment levels. Examples Sedative hypnotics Rebound insomnia is insomnia that occurs following discontinuation of sedative substances taken to relieve primary insomnia. Regular use of these substances can cause a person to become dependent on their effects in order to fall asleep. Therefore, when a person has stopped taking the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Medication Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to medical diagnosis, diagnose, cure, treat, or preventive medicine, prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medicine, medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on pharmacy for appropriate management. Drugs are Drug class, classified in many ways. One of the key divisions is by level of controlled substance, control, which distinguishes prescription drugs (those that a pharmacist dispenses only on the medical prescription) from over-the-counter drugs (those that consumers can order for themselves). Medicines may be classified by mode of action, route of administration, biological system affected, or therapeutic effects. The World Health Organization keeps a list of essential medicines. Drug discovery and drug development are complex and expensive endeavors undertake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hypercholesterolemia Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), and dyslipidemia (any abnormalities of lipid and lipoprotein levels in the blood). Elevated levels of non-HDL cholesterol and LDL in the blood may be a consequence of diet, obesity, inherited (genetic) diseases (such as LDL receptor mutations in familial hypercholesterolemia), or the presence of other diseases such as type 2 diabetes and an underactive thyroid. Cholesterol is one of three major classes of lipids produced and used by all animal cells to form membranes. Plant cells manufacture phytosterols (similar to cholesterol) but in small quantities. Cholesterol is the precursor of the steroid hormones and bile acids. Since cholesterol is insoluble in water, it is transported in the blood plasma within protein particles ( lipop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Prescription Of Drugs In general, the word prescriptive refers to refer to normative judgments, i.e. judgments about what is good or bad, such as: * Prescriptive analytics, third and final phase of business analytics * Linguistic prescriptivism, the laying down of normative language rules * Prescriptive (normative) economics, branch of economics that incorporates value judgments * Prescriptive ethics, as distinct from meta-ethics and descriptive ethics * Prescriptive mood, a grammatical mood used in some languages Other uses include: Health care Medical prescription, a plan of care written by a physician or other health care professional Prescription drug, a drug available only if prescribed by a medical prescription Eyeglass prescription, written by an ophthalmologist or an optometrist for individuals with eye related concerns. Law * Customary law, a right enjoyed through long use * Easement#By prescription, acquisition of private property rights through uncontested use * Prescription (sove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Withdrawal Syndrome Withdrawal means "an act of taking out" and may refer to: * Anchoresis (withdrawal from the world for religious or ethical reasons) * '' Coitus interruptus'' (the withdrawal method) * Drug withdrawal A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via insufflation (medicine), inhalation, drug i ... * Social withdrawal * Taking of money from a bank * Water withdrawal * Withdrawal (military) * Withdrawal reflex * ''Withdrawal'', Twista/Do or Die (group), Do or Die EP * Withdrawals (Tyler Farr song), "Withdrawals" (Tyler Farr song) See also * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Deprescribing Deprescribing is a process of tapering or stopping medications to achieve improved health outcomes by reducing exposure to medications that are potentially either harmful or no longer required. Deprescribing is important to consider with changing health and care goals over time, as well as polypharmacy and adverse effects. Deprescribing can improve adherence, cost, and health outcomes but may have adverse drug withdrawal effects. More specifically, deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of intentionally stopping a medication or reducing its dose to improve the person's health or reduce the risk of adverse side effects. Deprescribing is usually done because the drug may be causing harm, may no longer be helping the patient, or may be inappropriate for the individual patient's current situation. Deprescribing can help correct polypharmacy and prescription cascade. Deprescribing is often done with people who have multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity), older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]