Amy Page

Pharmacist @UWA_SAH | Medicines safety, quality use of medicine in older people, pharmacy practice. Director, Centre for Optimisation of Medicines. views my own

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

I’m happy to announce that we have now launched the @UWA_SAH Centre for Optimisation of Medicines and I am the inaugural Director of the Centre!

https://t.co/VoS33PxFoZ

[Georgie Lee @georgieblee]

How do you count polypharmacy? By the number of active ingredients or unique products? We measured it, there’s a difference and it is significant! Full manuscript now available at @IntJClinPharm https://t.co/qWyeDNmyEr

@AmyTPage @smhoski @IMPACTDeakin @deakinresearch @UWA_SAH

[Georgie Lee @georgieblee]

People who use combination medicines may or may not be captured as having #polypharmacy depending on whether the active ingredients in each product are considered.

Read more about measuring polypharmacy in our new publication: https://t.co/qWyeDNn6tZ

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@georgieblee 's new paper showed substantial variability between different approaches to measures polypharmacy. We need to consider how we are classifying polypharmacy when considering who's eligible for services https://t.co/tWKDu35hYP

[UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences @UWA_SAH]

Our Aust Department of Education grant demonstrates commitment to achieving the workforce goals of the Australian National Diabetes Strategy to ⬆️ diabetes educators workforce and upskill the generalist allied health workforce.

@AusDiabetesEd

https://t.co/tZ4IcjwQ8i

[UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences @UWA_SAH]

This World Diabetes Day, we celebrate our Aust Department of Education grant that will provide essential upskilling for optometrists, exercise physiologists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, podiatrists and dietitians in Diabetes Education

https://t.co/tZ4IcjwQ8i

@AusDiabetesEd

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

Deprescribing for older people in hospital followed up for 12 months was tested in the AusTAPER study. We showed that a structured, collaborative medication review can reduce meds and save costs with no change to health outcomes. #Deprescribing
https://t.co/KF9z5eFQWJ

[UWA @uwanews]

🧓An analysis undertaken at #UWA evaluated the impact of #deprescribing unnecessary medication for older people and found it can improve survival rates if initiated early. 💊 @UWAresearch @UWA_SAH @UWAHealthAgeing
https://t.co/K19iDQpyr1

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@markhoro Thanks Mark. We thought that was important too. Like the original systematic review from 2016, we have again included information on both
- how the medicines were stopped if it’s in the original paper
- adverse drug withdrawal effects reported in the original paper

[Kenneth Lee @KennyPharmPhD]

So privileged to be part of this mammoth review led by Hui Wen Quek. An additional 153 studies identified in this updated review hints at the staggering growth in the field of Deprescribing. @AmyTPage @drhurwitz87

[Anne Todd @VinumAloes FPS @VinumAloes]

Turning over a new page Cute headline @AmyTPage @KennyPharmPhD
Great news! Congratulations to you both on your leadership appointments on the launch of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines !
- https://t.co/iOCfk0PvRk

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

A new systematic review includes 286 papers that evaluate the impact of #deprescribing in older people, focusing on the outcomes of discontinuing unnecessary medications. https://t.co/If3jBfOcWj

@KennyPharmPhD @cdbeer Amanda Quek @drhurwitz87

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@SallyMarotti @JacintaAdelaide @brittanyjayne8 Congratulations @JacintaAdelaide! You are such a deserving recipient of this award!

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@AG_Eyob Congratulations @AG_Eyob ! Fantastic achievement

[Dr Jacinta Johnson @JacintaAdelaide]

Great #SAPharmacy Research Seminar today looking at 1) health professionals perceptions of the role of hospital pharmacists and 2) health disinformation via generative AI
Check out Kirsten & Brad's work via the links below:
https://t.co/yUFM5qeCnM
https://t.co/ZFs59mze1W

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

We looked at medication regimens of older people living in residential aged care from the day of admission and followed them up for two years. People used more medicines if they had more prescribers. Continuity of care matters

https://t.co/HvNnZtSxZP

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@KJ_Wilby @DalhousieU @DalHealth Congratulations Kyle!

[UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences @UWA_SAH]

Come and join us at the 2nd Annual Aged Care Symposium for pharmacists in Adelaide or virtual on 12 April

https://t.co/mxXTHYe1ET

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@CristinaGhijben @EmergEdu @Biswadev_M @the_shpa @ASHP_EMPharm @prof_cameron @dianagoubrial @lisa_brem6 Do you have a link to the paper?

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

@CristinaGhijben @EmergEdu @Biswadev_M @the_shpa @ASHP_EMPharm @prof_cameron @dianagoubrial @lisa_brem6 Great to see this, very important addition to the literature to understand which populations are affected by polypharmacy