Healthcare Providers Screening Patients To Cut Out Unnecessary, Ineffective Medications.

reports more healthcare providers are adopting a de-prescribing approach to help adults reduce excessive use of prescription and over-the-counter medications and supplements. Physicians use screening programs to find possible side effects and interactions and then wean patients off medications that are not necessary or have risk that outweigh benefits. http://www.wsj.com/articles/when-patients-take-too-many-pills-doctors-deprescribe-1476122784