Physicians' views on pharmacists' involvement in hospital deprescribing: A qualitative study on proton pump inhibitors.

Background: Clinical pharmacists have a pivotal role in the management of the patient's medication. However, it is necessary to know how pharmacist-mediated deprescribing could be implemented in a hospital setting according to hospital physicians.

Objective: To explore physicians' views on the involvement of hospital pharmacists in the deprescribing process using the example of PPIs.

(De)Prescribing of proton pump inhibitors: what has changed in recent years? an observational regional study from the French health insurance database.

Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most widely prescribed drug classes in the community and at hospital. The significant misuse of PPIs requires the implementation for a deprescribing strategy. Numerous studies aiming at evaluating the impact of deprescribing interventions have been set up, implying a precisely known evolution of consumption of PPIs in the population studied without intervention.