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prescribing cascade: a standalone construct

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Pharmacy

a sequence in which an adverse drug effect is mistaken for a new condition and treated with another drug.

In pharmacy, prescribing cascade refers to a sequence in which an adverse drug effect is mistaken for a new condition and treated with another drug. This meaning comes from Rochon (1997) in BMJ.[1]

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References

Rochon, P. A., & Gurwitz, J. H. (1997). Optimising drug treatment for elderly people: the prescribing cascade. BMJ, 315(7115), 1096-1099. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1096

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