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ArticleBJGP open2025

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults: a significant problem with a lack of action and evidence to address it.

Michael Naughton, Frank Moriarty, Patrick Redmond

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Article in BJGP open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michael NaughtonThe Clinical Effectiveness Group, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK m.naughton@qmul.ac.uk.
Frank MoriartySchool of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-3625
Patrick RedmondDepartment of General Practice, RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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general practitionersmedicines optimisationmiddle-aged adultsPotentially inappropriate prescribingprimary healthcare

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PMID39592216
PMCPMC12138014

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