Focus, 2020 Physicians who treat patients with schizophrenia frequently encounter complex clinical situations not fully addressed by published treatment guidelines. Some of these situations lead to antipsychotic polypharmacy, often prescribed when clinical and social obstacles prevent access to clozapine and patients have had suboptimal responses to nonclozapine ...
Adriana, Foster, Jordanne, King
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Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use in geriatric oncology. [PDF]
, 2016 Polypharmacy is a highly prevalent problem in older persons, and is challenging to assess and improve due to variations in definitions of the problem and the heterogeneous methods of medication review and reduction.
Aparicio +65 more
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Polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients : challenges and the way clinical pharmacists can contribute in resource-limited settings [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this study was to address the problems associated with polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients and to highlight the role of pharmacists in such cases in resource‐limited settings.
Khanal, Saval +2 more
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El reto del envejecimiento y la complejidad farmacoterapéutica en el paciente VIH+ [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: To describe the current knowledge and management of aging and pharmacotherapeutic complexity in HIV + patients. Method: A review of literature was carried out, including articles, originals or reviews, published in English or Spanish, from ...
Abdel Kader Martín, Laila +3 more
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Evaluation of a pharmacist-led medication assessment used to identify prevalence of and associations with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among ambulatory senior adults with cancer. [PDF]
, 2015 PURPOSE: The use of multiple and/or inappropriate medications in seniors is a significant public health problem, and cancer treatment escalates its prevalence and complexity.
Andrel-Sendecki, Jocelyn +4 more
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The potential for deprescribing in care home residents with Type 2 diabetes [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Type 2 diabetes is a common diagnosis in care home residents that is associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing and thus risk of additional suffering.
Andreassen, Lillan Mo +4 more
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Impact of a community pharmacist-led medication review on medicines use in patients on polypharmacy - a prospective randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2016 In 2010 the 'Polymedication Check' (PMC), a pharmacist-led medication review, was newly introduced to be delivered independently from the prescriber and reimbursed by the Swiss health insurances.
Blozik, Eva +3 more
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Coping with complexity: working beyond the guidelines for patients with multimorbidities [PDF]
, 2015 Primary care physicians believe they are delivering evidence-based care, understanding that adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines results in tangible benefits in the populations for which they were developed.
Treadwell, Julian
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QJM, 2006 New drug treatments, new indications for older drug treatments, lower thresholds for treating risk factors in preventative medicine, and an ageing population acquiring multiple pathologies all contribute to the development of polypharmacy. Longitudinal studies document the rise in prescribed medications, particularly in the elderly.
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