Challenging the status quo: deprescribing antihypertensive medication in older adults in primary care

James P Sheppard; Richard J McManus

doi:10.3399/bjgp24X739689

Challenging the status quo: deprescribing antihypertensive medication in older adults in primary care

Br J Gen Pract. 2024 Oct 31;74(748):484-486. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X739689. Print 2024 Nov.

Authors

James P Sheppard¹, Richard J McManus²

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.

PMID: 39481908
PMCID: PMC11526736 (available on 2025-11-01)
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp24X739689

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Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

James P Sheppard received funding from the Wellcome Trust/Royal Society via a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (211182/Z/18/Z), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) (PG/21/10341; FS/19/13/34235). Richard J McManus acknowledges support from NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Oxford Thames Valley and holds an NIHR Senior Investigator award. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.