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Toolbox for Patients

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Drug Class

Specific Drug examples

Item description

Resource

Benzodiazepines, sedatives, hypnotics

diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, oxazepam, clorazepate, lorazepam, bromazepam, alprazolam, flurazepam, nitrazepam, triazolam, temazepam,

chloral hydrate, zopiclone, zolpidem

Is a Benzodiazepine or Z-Drug still needed for sleep? Ìý

Deprescribing PamphletÌý[PDF - 1.1 MB]

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Empower brochure information about sleeping aids

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How to get a good nights sleep without sleep aids

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How to reduce sleeping medication safely

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Sleepwell NS many resources for stopping sleeping medications

Antipsychotics

chlorpromazine, methotrimeprazine, fluphenazine, perphenazine, prochlorperazine, trifluoperazine, thioproperazine, percyazine, haloperidol, droperidol, ziprasidone, lurasidone, flupenthixol, thiothixene, zuclopenthixol, pimozide, loxapine, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, asenapine, risperidone, aripiprazole

Is an antipsychotic still needed

[PDF - 586 KB]

Deprescribing safely to meet life’s changes

[PDF - 398 KB]

Empower brochure, information

Booklet [PDF - 4.6 MB]

Anticholinergics (scoring 3 on anticholinergic cognitive burden scale)

amitriptyline, amoxapine, benztropine, carbinoxamine, chlorpeniramine, clemastine, clomipramine, clozapine, darifenacin, desipramine, dicyclomine, dimenhydrinate, diphenhydramine, doxepin, flavoxate, hydroxyzine, imipramine, meclizine, nortriptyline, olanzapine, orphenadrine, oxybutynin, paroxetine, perphenazine, procyclidine, promethazine, quetiapine, scopolamine, thioridazine, tolterodine, trifluperazine, truhexyphenidyl, trimipramine

Empower brochure for stopping anticholinergic antihistamines

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Proton Pump Inhibitors

omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole, rabeprazole, esomeprazole

Is a proton pump inhibitor still needed

[PDF - 400 KB]

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Reducing proton pump inhibitors to meet life’s changes

[PDF - 330 KB]

Empower brochure to help you stop proton pump inhibitors safely

[PDF - 4 MB]

Colchicine long term

colchicine

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Antihypertensives with a history of falling, hypotension or orthostasis

Various agents

ie. hydrocholorothiazide, amlodipine, metoprolol, ramipril, losartan, diltaizem

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Opiates

Codeine, hydromorphone, morphine, fentanyl, pentazocine, oxycodone, meperidine, tramadol

Government of Canada website with resources for patients and healthcare providers regarding opiates

Choosing wisely patient resources for deprescribing opiates

Opioid quiz from Canadian deprescribing network

Website

Bert’s story about getting off of opioids

General deprescribing advice

Website for how to safely stop many medications

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Brochure explaining why medications affect us differently as we age.

[PDF - 1.4 MB]

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5 questions to ask about your medications

[PDF - 1.2 MB]