<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Naughton, Michael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moriarty, Frank</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Redmond, Patrick</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults: a significant problem with a lack of action and evidence to address it</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BJGP Open</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BJGPO.2023.0209</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0209</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP), prescribing where the potential harms outweigh the potential benefits, or where a medication that a patient would benefit from is not prescribed, is an important healthcare challenge. PIP has been well characterised among older adults and is linked to adverse drug reactions (ADRs), hospitalisations, and increased healthcare costs.1 While studies have been conducted to address PIP in older adults, middle-aged adults remain overlooked despite also being vulnerable to PIP due to age-related chronic conditions.2 Our recently published systematic review showed that PIP is common in middle-aged adults, with an estimated 38% being exposed to PIP annually.3 PIP in middle-aged adults is known to occur in higher risk and disadvantaged groups: those with multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and those from deprived areas.4 It has been shown to be associated with ADRs,5 …</style></abstract></record></records></xml>