On Tue Jun 26 9:20 , Ken Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Long-acting benzodiazepines, amitriptyline, amiodarone, oxybutynin and >doxepin were the medicines most commonly implicated. Strategies to >support quality prescribing of medicines to the elderly must include a >focus on these medicines. How did they define inappropriate? I'd accept long-acting benzos and, at a push, doxepin, being inappropriate ipso facto. But for the others I can think of valid reasons why you would prescribe. In fact, this "don't use old drugs" stuff can go too far, I see people on all sorts of bizarre SSRI combinations nowadays, but never tasted tricyclic.... Back to the topic: a pop-up reminder is just going to be annoying and get turned off/ignored, unless it's linked to more detailed decision-support for a particular contra-indication. (in other words, only if it's bringing new information to the doctor's attention) Just using the computer to make a blanket political statement about how the powers that be don't like the drug in general is mis-use of the technology IMHO. Ian _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
