Polypharmacy

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Polypharmacy is defined as "the use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication."[1] Polypharmacy hinders compliance by patients with medications and increases adverse drug reactions[2].

References

  1. ↑ National Library of Medicine. Polypharmacy. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  2. ↑ Muir AJ, Sanders LL, Wilkinson WE, Schmader K (2001). "Reducing medication regimen complexity: a controlled trial". J Gen Intern Med 16 (2): 77–82. PMID 11251757. [e]
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