“…A recent special article published in this journal clearly emphasizes the benefits of deprescribing antihypertensives, antidiabetics, statins, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, proton pump inhibitors, anticholinergic medication, cholinesterase inhibitors, neuroleptics and bisphosphonates. 1 However, deprescribing can also be considered in patients with acute conditions. Antibiotic deprescribing is a relatively new strategy that consists of recommending patients to terminate an antibiotic course before scheduled time because further treatment may cause more harm than benefit.…”