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Polypharmacy prevalence in older adults seen in United States physician offices from 2009 to 2016.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background/objectivesWith an aging population suffering from increased prevalence of chronic conditions in the United States (U.S.), a large portion of these patients are on multiple medications.
Eric H Young, Samantha Pan, Alex G Yap, Kelly R Reveles, Kajal Bhakta   +4 more
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Antipsychotic Polypharmacy

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
openaire   +3 more sources

The evolution of polypharmacy: appropriate and problematic polypharmacy, choosing the right strategy and tactics

Медицинский совет, 2021
The evolution of polypharmacy, which for many years consisted of quantifying concurrently prescribed drugs, has led to an qualitative description: “appropriate polypharmacy”, which may be beneficial for some patients, and “problematic polypharmacy ...
M. V. Leonova
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Potentially inappropriate medication in older participants of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) - Sex differences and associations with morbidity and medication use [PDF]

, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Multimorbidity in advanced age and the need for drug treatment may lead to polypharmacy, while pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes may increase the risk of adverse drug events (ADEs).
A Calderon-Larranaga, A Meyer, A Renom-Guiteras, B Pesch, By the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria Update Expert P, C Coupland, C. Walker, CE Leonard, CH Vinkers, D Gerstorf, D O'Mahony, DM Fick, DM Nathan, E Sonnerstam, E Tommelein, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, FR Motter, GE Miller, Gianluigi Forloni, HG Endres, I Schubert, Ilja Demuth, Juliane Bolbrinker, K Hedna, K Heser, KU Saum, L Bertram, M Abu Sin, M Butler, M König, M König, M Molokhia, Maximilian König, ME Charlson, MH Beers, ML Laroche, MM Wolfe, MP Oktora, N Kachru, N Masnoon, O Abraham, O Reich, P Gallagher, P Gallo, P Martinot, PH Novaes, PJ McLeod, R Linder, Reinhold Kreutz, RT Chlebowski, RU Kristensen, S Holt, S Trelle, Sarah Toepfer, SK Nothelle, SM Wallerstedt, ST DeKosky, U Schwabe   +57 more
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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, Appleton, Badgwell, Balducci, Budnitz, Bushardt, Caillet, Currow, de Glas, Dimitrow, Elliot, Fede, Freyer, Fried, Gajra, Gillette, Gnjidic, Gu, Guaraldo, Guthrie, Gómez, Hajjar, Hamaker, Hanigan, Hanlon, Hilmer, Horgan, Hovstadius, Huiart, Hurria, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement, Iyer, Jolly, Kalsi, Kanesvaran, Kantor, Kierner, Kim, Klepin, Kohn, Kohn, Korc-Grodzicki, Kouladjian, Lees, Maggiore, Maggiore, Nightingale, O'Mahony, Palumbo, Panel, Parks, Patterson, Payne, Prithviraj, Riechelmann, Saarelainen, Samsa, Scott, Sehgal, Shah, Todd, Todd, Turner, Turner, Woopen, Şenel   +65 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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Prescription and Other Medication Use in Pregnancy [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To characterize prescription and other medication use in a geographically and ethnically diverse cohort of women in their first pregnancy.
Caritis, Steve N., Chung, Judith, Dang, Danny T., Elovitz, Michal A., Esplin, M. Sean, Grobman, William A., Haas, David M., Hoffman, Matthew K., Iams, Jay D., Marsh, Derek J., Mercer, Brian M., Parker, Corette B., Parry, Samuel, Peaceman, Alan M., Reddy, Uma M., Saade, George R., Silver, Robert M., Simhan, Hyagriv N., Wapner, Ronald J., Wing, Deborah A.   +19 more
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Factors associated with polypharmacy and excessive polypharmacy in older people with intellectual disability differ from the general population: a cross-sectional observational nationwide study

BMJ Open, 2016
Objectives (1) To evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy (5–9 medicines) and excessive polypharmacy (10+ medicines) and (2) to determine associated demographic and clinical characteristics in an ageing population with intellectual disabilities (IDs ...
Mary McCarron, Philip McCallion, Máire O'Dwyer, Jure Peklar, Martin C Henman   +4 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, Morillo Verdugo, Ramón A., Ramos Blanco, José Ramón, Álvarez de Sotomayor Paz, María   +3 more
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Factors related to polypharmacy and hyper‐polypharmacy for the elderly: A nationwide cohort study using National Health Insurance data in South Korea

Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
Polypharmacy may cause adverse health outcomes in the elderly. This study examined the prevalence of continuous polypharmacy and hyper‐polypharmacy, factors associated with polypharmacy, and the most frequently prescribed medications among older adults ...
Ho Jin Cho, Jungmi Chae, Sang‐Heon Yoon, Dong‐Sook Kim   +3 more
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