Let’s raise awareness and act on this #WorldBenzoDay ​

📘 Learn more: tinyurl.com/WHOHealthAge...
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#Deprescribing #MedicationSafety #HealthyAgeing #UNDecade #WHO #PatientSafety #Publichealth #medsky #pharmasky

With stronger monitoring, education, and person-centred deprescribing, we can help ensure that older people are not harmed by the medicines meant to help them. @deprescribing.bsky.social has a variety of resources available to support deprescribing benzodiazepines: deprescribing.org/resources/de...

Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed despite known risks for older adults. Reducing use is a priority to avoid harm, maintain independence, and support longer, healthier lives.

This is why benzodiazepines are one of DIAMOND's focus medicines: diamond-deprescribing.eu/about/.

We work on developing methods to better support research on deprescribing and to ultimately improve medicines optimisation.

You can find out more about the DIAMOND research programme on our website or LinkedIn profile:
diamond-deprescribing.eu
www.linkedin.com/company/diamond-derx/

After the seminar, #DIAMOND had a great discussion with Dr Turner future opportunities to collaborate on #deprescribing research. Specifically, we discussed shared difficulties about how to define deprescribing and the peculiarities of real-world prescribing data in different countries 🇮🇪🇦🇺🇨🇦.

We’ll provide updates as we build #Transparency, #Reproducibility into all we do - from code 🗒️ to cohort design 📊 - to strengthen #Pharmacoepi and #Deprescribing and #OpenScience
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🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/diam...
PI: @frankmoriarty.bsky.social

Also: shoutout 📣 to Shirley V Wang & @antonpottegaard.bsky.social for their brilliant webinar with www.pharmacoepi.org. Our team tuned in together 👏
We’ll apply for transparency badges at ISPE 2026🎖

We each picked a theme and made a practical plan. Here’s what we’re doing:
🔹 Version-controlled code & clear analytic logs → github.com/moriarty-pha...
🔹 Pre-registered protocols → diamond-deprescribing.eu/research-out...
🔹 RECORD-PE guidelines + diagrams for design clarity →
tinyurl.com/REPEATppt

Well done to WP lead Ryan Muddiman & review co-authors: Florencia Ines Aiello Battan, John Tazare, @annaschultze.bsky.social, Teresa Perez, Li Wei, @fionaboland.bsky.social, @marywalsh14.bsky.social @frankmoriarty.bsky.social #CausalInference #Deprescribing #DIAMOND diamond-deprescribing.eu