{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Medical Centre","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre","author_name":"Azeem Majeed","author_url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/author\/amajeed\/","title":"Addressing polypharmacy in older people - Medical Centre","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BylMwvN6AR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2017\/08\/23\/addressing-polypharmacy-in-older-people\/\">Addressing polypharmacy in older people<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2017\/08\/23\/addressing-polypharmacy-in-older-people\/embed\/#?secret=BylMwvN6AR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Addressing polypharmacy in older people&#8221; &#8212; Medical Centre\" data-secret=\"BylMwvN6AR\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"A major challenge in healthcare, particularly for older people, is that patients are ending up on many medicines, termed \u2018polypharmacy\u2019. Polypharmacy can be either \u2018appropriate\u2019 or \u2018problematic.\u2019 With the latter, prescribing professions are traditionally better at starting medicines than stopping them (for a variety of reasons), which means that patients are too often left with [&hellip;]"}