Medication review brief · for the pharmacist
Arthur Russo
87 · male · Type 2 diabetes, Heart failure, High cholesterol
Prepared by Domino · Oct 1, 2026
Summary
1 likely prescribing cascade link. If Furosemide were reviewed, up to 2 downstream medicines might no longer be needed (6 → 3).
Question 1
Could the urgency or leaking be from the diuretic? Changing the timing of the dose can help before adding a bladder medication.
- Furosemide (Jul 27, 2024) → leaking urine, urgency → Mirabegron (Oct 24, 2024) · likely 0.99 · consensus
- Mirabegron (Oct 24, 2024) → high blood pressure → Doxazosin (Oct 31, 2024) · possible 0.34 · graph-inferred
If reviewed: Mirabegron, Doxazosin; medicines 6 → 3; anticholinergic burden 2 → 1; fall-risk drugs 3 → 1.
Medicines
| Medicine | Started | Charted for | Domino |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furosemide as prescribed Dr. H. Singh (family doctor) | Jul 27, 2024 | Heart failure | Root of a cascade ACB +1 Beers-listed |
| Metformin as prescribed Dr. H. Singh (family doctor) | Aug 3, 2024 | Type 2 diabetes | |
| Metoprolol as prescribed Dr. H. Singh (family doctor) | Aug 13, 2024 | Heart failure | ACB +1 |
| Mirabegron as prescribed Dr. T. Nguyen (walk-in clinic) | Oct 24, 2024 | Urinary incontinence | Possibly treating a side effect |
| Doxazosin as prescribed Dr. R. Ahmed (walk-in clinic) | Oct 31, 2024 | — | Possibly treating a side effect Beers-listed |
| Atorvastatin as prescribed Dr. H. Singh (family doctor) | Dec 31, 2025 | — |
Evidence
- McCarthy LM, et al. ThinkCascades: A Tool for Identifying Clinically Important Prescribing Cascades Affecting Older People. Drugs Aging. 2022;39(10):829-840.
- Doherty AS, Lund LC, Moriarty F, et al. Prescribing Cascades Among Older Community-Dwelling Adults: Application of Prescription Sequence Symmetry Analysis to a National Database in Ireland. Ann Fam Med. 2025;23(4):315-324.
Decision support only. Domino flags patterns in a synthetic record for a clinician to review; it does not diagnose, and it never recommends stopping or changing a medicine. Synthetic data; no real patient.