Spread of the idea of ‘deprescribing’ in China

During 22–24 March 2017 we participated in the 22nd Congress of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) where we came across the idea of ‘deprescribing’ presented by Barbara Farrell from Canada. We were so impressed by this idea, realising that ‘deprescribing’ is an important part of the Medication Therapy Management service, which was promoted in China by the Guangdong Province Pharmaceutical Association (GDPA) working with the American Pharmacists Association.1 In order to introduce ‘deprescribing’ into China, after we came back from the Congress we searched the literature on ‘deprescribing’ and wrote a review on it which was published in the journal Pharmacy Today ,2 the official journal of the GDPA. Because …