GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Alex Smith, Eric Widera
De-intensify Anti-Hypertensives for Nursing Home Residents? Athanase Benetos and Mike Steinman
March 19, 2026·52 min·4 clips
Why did nursing home patients on antihypertensives have three times more COVID deaths when not deprescribed?
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A practical look at how antihypertensive medicines can be stepped down, with room to restart them if needed.
This episode follows a randomized study of antihypertensive deprescribing, with attention to when those medications can be stepped down, how the stopping order was set, and how treatment could be brought back if needed.
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Thinking about whether to back off blood-pressure meds in an older adult?
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