Guest Editorial: Potentially inappropriate prescribing — moving from process to outcome

Editorial: Appropriate medications: prescription and use in primary care

“…1 As our guest editorial from Professor Carmel Hughes points out, poly-prescribing is not inherently wrong, but a balance needs to be found between 'many drugs' and 'too many drugs'. 2 Research by Bagge and colleagues of patients in this same age group found that, while elderly patients disliked taking their prescription drugs, they generally believed that these were necessary, trusted their doctors' expertise regarding their medications, were unconcerned about side effects, and considered it important that they took their medicines regularly, even if sometimes they did forget them. 3 With the move towards prescribing rights for other health professionals, Hatah et al have looked at how general practitioners (GPs) perceive the contribution that pharmacists might make.…”