Table 3.

Adverse events caused by deprescribing

Event	Cause	Action
Hypertensive (BP increased from 130/80 to 158/80)	Stopped bendroflumethiazide	Monitor but leave off bendroflumethiazide
Swelling legs	Furosemide stopped	Restarted but lower dose
UTI	Stopped trimethoprim	Treated and restarted prophylaxis
BP 170/90	Amlodipine stopped (leg swelling)	Start another hypertensive
Weepy and tearful	Stopped citalopram	Restarted
Blood glucose raised	Stopped metformin	Increase insulin
GI—heartburn	Stopped omeprazole	Start lansoprazole

BP, blood pressure; GI, gastrointestinal; UTI, urinary tract infection.