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deprescribe

deprescribe verb: to cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.

Verb

deprescribe (third-person singular simple present deprescribes, present participle deprescribing, simple past and past participle deprescribed)

  1. (transitive) To cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.
    • Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, →DOI

Forms of deprescribe

third-person singular presentdeprescribes
present participledeprescribing
past participledeprescribed
pastdeprescribed

Origin of deprescribe

From de- + prescribe.

Questions about deprescribe

What does deprescribe mean?
Deprescribe means to cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.
What part of speech is deprescribe?
Deprescribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of deprescribe?
The past tense of deprescribe is deprescribed.

Words near deprescribe in the dictionary

  1. deprehensions
  2. deprenyl
  3. deprenylation
  4. depreotide
  5. deprepositional
  6. deprescribe
  7. deprescribed
  8. deprescribes
  9. deprescribing
  10. deprescription
  11. depreservation

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