TY  - JOUR
T1  - Diagnostic tests: Another frontier for less is more: or why talking to your patient is a safe and effective method of reassurance
AU  - Redberg R, Katz M, Grady D
Y1  - 2011/04/11
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.465
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 619
EP  - 619
VL  - 171
IS  - 7
N2  - 
During the past several months, the Archives has published a number of articles demonstrating that more treatment is not necessarily better. Proton pump inhibitors for persons with nonulcer dyspepsia, opioid medications for persons with chronic nonmalignant pain, and statin medications for persons without coronary artery disease are all examples of the widespread use of medications with known adverse effects despite the absence of data for patient benefit for these indications. Epitomizing the theory of less is more, one study found that 58% of medications could be discontinued in elderly patients and that quality of life improved with drug discontinuation.1

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.465
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.465
ER  -