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Barb Farrell

@barbfarrell.bsky.social
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Mom, wife, sister, aunt, friend. Pharmacist, educator and #deprescriber. Founder and Senior Advisor, deprescribing.org

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CADeN | ReCAD @caden-recad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How can clinical guidelines better support deprescribing? On Oct. 1, join Shin Liau, PhD, from @monashuniversity.bsky.social to explore int'l principles for integrating deprescribing into guidelines and strengthening recommendations. 🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social. 👉 tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I love this video. My earliest memories include trips to the local library. I worked as a library page in high school. I weirdly love the smell of a library! And now that I’m retired, I’m at the library 2 or 3 times a week! The bit in the video about the children’s area is right on. Enjoy.
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI) @drug-evidence.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🆕 UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar 🆕 "Less is S’more: Sweetening Life by Deprescribing in Diabetes (and Beyond)" 👉 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... *** Up to 1.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits #MedEd #CME #diabetes #BetterPrescribing
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Time for some #deprescribing?
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Jane Shanahan @janeshanahan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Anticholinergic Burden & CKD www.kireports.org/article/S246... Conclusion: Anticholinergic burden was associated with greater risk of CKD progression. Suggests it could contribute to a decline in renal function & highlights importance of medication review in CKD management
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Anticholinergic Burden and Progression to Kidney Replacement Therapy
The cholinergic system exerts nephroprotective effects through antiinflammatory and vasoregulatory pathways. However, the impact of anticholinergic medications on chronic kidney disease (CKD) progress...
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
As we send a Black man and a woman around the moon for the first time, let’s remember the trailblazing Black woman Katherine Johnson, whose brilliant calculations were critical to the initial Apollo 11 mission. Her work spanned 33 years at NASA, including contributions to the Space Shuttle program.
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is a great message for all the folks who think the word ‘deprescribing’ is too hard for people to understand. Imagine having to explain that pharmacy is not the same as palmistry….
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deprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A systematic review & meta-analysis compiled evidence from 15 studies investigating the effects of #deprescribing preventive medications among older adults with advanced frailty, dementia, or limited life expectancy. Read the full open-access article to learn more: buff.ly/UR63l5p
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I was happy to see the pharmacist on The Pitt advising about anticholinergic burden and the Beers List medications this week! Hurray! Maybe the pharmacist could be away in April at ICOD! @caden-recad.bsky.social @mikesteinman.bsky.social @deprescribeus.bsky.social
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deprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A recent RCT published in @jamanetworkopen.com finds #pharmacist-led outreach guided by an evidence-based hypoglycemia-prevention algorithm was more likely to lead to safer diabetes prescribing compared to a control group. Read the full study here: buff.ly/0uBaX11
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Pharmacist Intervention for Safer Prescribing in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
This randomized clinical trial assesses whether proactive outreach by a clinical pharmacist applying an evidence-based hypoglycemia-prevention algorithm results in safer prescribing of diabetes…
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This is a great idea! MOSCE featuring #deprescribing! What aren’t all medical, pharmacy and nursing schools doing this?
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CADeN | ReCAD @caden-recad.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📣 Last chance to save $100 CAD on your ICOD 2026 registration! Take advantage of reduced rates for this international conference, regrouping leaders in the field of deprescribing and medication appropriateness! ⏱️ Early bird rates are available until Jan. 31st: tinyurl.com/yk2zz436
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Rob Fleming @robjimfleming.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I deleted my X account a while back. I don't regret it. In the end, I wouldn't shop in a shop that sold the things they sell on X. Your presence on a platform drives advertising revenue and makes the platform money. Choose the companies you support wisely, because they profit because of you.
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
So excited to see the preliminary agenda for ICOD 2026!! Can’t wait to see our #deprescribing colleagues and friends in Montreal!
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right. In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) @deprescribeus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚨 The US Deprescribing Research Network is now accepting applications for the 2026 Grant Catalyst Scholars Program! Designed to accelerate early-career investigators’ success in deprescribing research & grant funding. Apply here: deprescribingresearch.org/request-for-...
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Request for Applicants for the USDeN Grant Catalyst Scholars Program - US Deprescribing Research Network
The US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) seeks applicants for its Grant Catalyst Scholars Program (GCSP) in Deprescribing Research.  The purpose of the Grant Catalyst Scholars Program is to accel...
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Looks like a great opportunity for researchers to improve exploration and understanding of shared decision making in deprescribing. A good topic for an interest group discussion at ICOD 2026 in Montreal?
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deprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
📢 The International Conference on Deprescribing (ICOD) 2026 in Montréal Canada is now welcoming abstracts submissions until October 15, 2025 (11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time)! Access the abstract submission platform here: events.decorporate.ca/ICOD2026/abs... We hope to see you there!
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
#deprescribing needs careful monitoring. This week, restarted medication (albeit at lower doses than originally taking) for 2 patients whose symptoms worsened after stopping. A deprescribing success - found out the medication likely helping more than harming; now will assess response to confirm.
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Another week at the Geriatric Day Hospital. Nice to see return patient but sad that after stopping Ozempic last yr (d/t ++ weight loss, muscle weakening + frailty), they started Mounjaro… (with ++ wt loss, weakening). Found this article to share with older people www.healthline.com/health-news/...
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Ozempic May Make Your Muscles and Bones Weaker
Weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy can help people drop pounds quickly, but they can also cause a rapid loss of muscle mass and bone density unless lifestyle changes are made.
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This looks like an amazing opportunity!!
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Super excited to be part of the planning committee for the next ICOD in Montreal, Canada in 2026! See you there!
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Benzos have been popularized by hit TV shows like The Pitt and The White Lotus. Here's what you should know about benzodiazepines before you take them as sleep medication, by @prapti.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/the-do... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social
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What you should know about benzos before you take them | CBC Radio
Within 10 minutes of disclosing his sleepless nights to his family doctor, Georges Marcoux had a little white pill in his hand.
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Bradley Mitchelmore @bradleymitchelmore.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I realize that we are living in the darkest timeline and there are enough things already to worry about, but we really need to ring the alarm on measles and vaccination in Canada. Over 100 cases in a week with 42 in hospital is a major concern and action is needed now: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Ontario measles case count hits 572, up by more than 100 in past week
Measles cases keep climbing in Ontario, as the province counts more than 100 new cases in the past week.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Elbows up, Canada.
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Anne Spinewine @aspinewine.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚀 New study in JAMA Network Open explores #barriers to #deprescribing #benzodiazepines in hospital physicians and GPs across 6 European countries—the first multinational, theory-based investigation on this topic! 📖 Read more: lnkd.in/e7__ead7 #Deprescribing #Geriatrics #MedicationSafety
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
So exciting to be part of the planning for ICOD3 in Spring 2026!
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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The CMA has stopped posting on X. With Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, the platform has become a tool for the U.S government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty.
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CMA leaving X
The CMA has stopped posting on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, as of Mar. 12.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP. Share this.
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Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?
YouTube video by Justin Trudeau
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today, I stand in support of my American colleagues as they Stand up for Science. Want to know what we’re doing in Canada? Listen to CBC www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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deprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
So many #Deprescribing guidelines currently in development worldwide 🌎: ➡️ Diuretic Deprescribing ➡️ Statin Deprescribing ➡️ Antidepressant Deprescribing ➡️ Gabapentinoid Deprescribing Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our Deprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) page! 👀 buff.ly/3tkhsqH
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Deprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) - Deprescribing.org
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We need to be thinking about how these actions by the GOP, Trump and Musk affect published, ongoing and future #deprescribing research
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Recommended reading: How to fight back: charting opposition to the actions of the Trump administration open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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How to fight back: charting opposition to the actions of the Trump administration
Blue States, Labour organisations and Civil Rights organisations are doing the most - what can we learn from them?
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
And we will continue to. Thank you for speaking out. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal
In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Almost #PhDone Rita! Check this out Deprescribing.bsky.social
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deprescribing.org (@deprescribing.bsky.social)
We create guidelines and tools to support healthcare providers and patients in #deprescribing.🇨🇦 LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/deprescribing-org
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
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Therapeutics Initiative (TI) @drug-evidence.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🚨#BestEvidence webinar recording! Dr. Wade Thompson: Minimizing harms of tight glycemic control in older people with type 2 diabetes: youtu.be/JbOadM8M8W4 #T2DM #diabetes #prescribing #deprescribing
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Dr. Wade Thompson: Minimizing harms of tight glycemic control in older people with type 2 diabetes
YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals? This is not how it works, Mr President. Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words" www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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CADeN | ReCAD @caden-recad.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The International Deprescribing Journal Club is back! Dr. Anne-Marie Pinard, anesthesiologist & member of the Quebec Pain Research Network, will explore the process of deprescribing in chronic pain using 2 complex cases. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
An article worth sharing… www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Trump claims there's only '2 genders.' Historians say that's never been true | CBC News
The Trump administration's 'two gender' policy is sparking fear and confusion among trans and non-binary people. The executive order claims it's a return to "biological facts," but experts say it igno...
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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
From a patient today “I didn’t know vitamins had side effects” after we resolved their fecal incontinence by stopping their vitamin C….
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO: A #GlobalHealth crisis in the making www.bmj.com/content/388/... via @bmj.com @jmeddings.bsky.social
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The US withdrawal from the WHO: a global health crisis in the making
In a major blow to global health, the US administration has announced plans to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Kent Buse and colleagues propose urgent actions for the international commun...
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Layla McCay @laylamccay.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
FYI, NHS Confederation @nhsconfed.bsky.social is now on Bluesky and as of today, no longer posting on Twitter/X. Do make sure you’re following if you’re interested in healthcare in the UK.
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Philip Loring @philiploring.com · 23/01/2025
The freeze of the NIH is just the latest culmination of the right's long war on science, education, and democracy. Here are some of my ideas for what I think scientists can do about it. 🧪 conservechange.medium.com/five-things-...
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Five things scientists can do to fight the rise of fascism.
Access to trustworthy information is among the most important preconditions for safeguarding democracy.
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Eric Widera, MD @ewidera.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What other departments or divisions are doing faculty sessions on teaching how to get on BlueSky? @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social is! Thanks @lwaltermd.bsky.social for setting this up! #geriatrics #gerisky
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CADeN | ReCAD @caden-recad.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
ICYMI: Dalhousie University's Sleepwell Research & Knowledge Mobilization program has posted personal and professional stories about: - overcoming dependence on sleeping pills - getting better sleep with CBTi, and - the impact of Sleepwell's resources! Find them at: mysleepwell.ca/stories/
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
left X today
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CADeN | ReCAD @caden-recad.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Certain meds can affect memory & brain function. As part of our efforts to promote brain health for Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, check out our “Medications and Memory” article to learn which meds may negatively affect cognition and how to minimize risks of harm: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/memory
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Barb Farrell @barbfarrell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
There are other ways to treat depression than only medication www.bmj.com/content/384/...
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Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Objective To identify the optimal dose and modality of exercise for treating major depressive disorder, compared with psychotherapy, antidepressants, and control conditions. Design Systematic review ...
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