Medication review in older adults: Importance of time to benefit.

The article provides a step-based approach to support the use of time to benefit (TTB) as part of a medication review. TTB should be determined for each prescribed drug in all patients receiving a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Some of the actions that can be taken to estimate the life expectancy for individual patients are mentioned. It is said that hypnotic drugs should not be used as first-line therapy due to the net clinical harm associated with their use.