4th March 2024

An 89-year-old man is being reviewed by a GP as he has just been started on anticipatory medications for palliative lung cancer.

An 89-year-old man is being reviewed by a GP as he has just been started on anticipatory medications for palliative lung cancer. He has a past medical history of ischaemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, COPD and eczema. His current medications are as follows:

DATE	DRUG NAME	DOSE	ROUTE	FREQUENCY	SIGNED
24/05/2023	SALMETEROL	50mcg	INHALED	TWICE DAILY	DR
24/05/2023	HYDROMOL	ON AFFECTED AREAS	TOPICAL	PRN	DR
24/05/2023	ATORVASTATIN	80mg	PO	ONCE AT NIGHT	DR
24/05/2023	FLUTICASONE	200mcg	INHALED	TWICE DAILY	DR
24/05/2023	RAMIPRIL	5mg	PO	ONCE DAILY	DR
24/05/2023	METFORMIN	1g	PO	TWICE DAILY	DR

Select the 3 drugs that can be deprescribed in this palliative patient.

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