‘You have to unpack the belief system’

Deprescribing, especially when a patient is keen to remain on a potentially harmful medication, needs to be handled with subtlety and understanding, says one top pharmacist Speaking at the beginning of MedsAware Week 2026, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha)’s informative advocacy campaign, award-winning pharmacist Deirdre Criddle told the AJP that since the Covid pandemic, distrust of