Question

A 73-year-old man in a residential aged care facility has multimorbidity including heart failure, CKD and osteoarthritis. He takes 12 regular medicines. According to the RACGP Silver Book, which strategy best reflects good practice in managing polypharmacy in this setting?

Accepted Answer

Undertaking regular structured medication review with deprescribing where appropriate

Answer

Continuing all medications indefinitely if they were specialist-initiated

Answer

Routinely adding new drugs for new diagnoses without review

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Avoiding discussion of treatment goals to prevent confusion

Answer

Using Beers Criteria only when starting medications, not for existing ones

Practice question

A 73-year-old man in a residential aged care facility has multimorbidity including heart failure, CKD and osteoarthritis. He takes 12 regular medicines. According to the RACGP Silver Book, which strategy best reflects good practice in managing polypharmacy in this setting?