TY - JOUR T1 - Tackling overprescribing: striking the right balance JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 178 LP - 178 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2021.000033 VL - 59 IS - 12 AU - Teck K Khong Y1 - 2021/12/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/12/178.abstract N2 - A recent government-commissioned report highlighting the extent of overprescribing in the UK has estimated, based on limited evidence, that at least 10% of medicines prescribed in primary care may be overprescribed.1 The report used the term overprescribing to refer to situations ‘where people are given medicines they do not need or want, or where harm outweighs benefits’. Examples include prescribing a medicine when a better alternative is available, that is not appropriate or that is no longer required.The problem of overprescribing will not come as a surprise to practitioners, who commonly encounter … ER -