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Survey of polypharmacy prescription in a tertiary care Hospital, Belagavi
Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Polypharmacy is the use of four or more medications in one prescription or implies the prescription of too many medications for an individual. Concerns about polypharmacy include increase adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, prescribing
Suma Sukumaran +6 more
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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2023 Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and predictors of excessive polypharmacy in geriatric inpatients in Indonesia. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 1533 inpatients over the age of 60 years at Universitas Airlangga Hospital,
Shah Faisal +5 more
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Frailty and the Risk of Polypharmacy in the Older Person: Enabling and Preventative Approaches [PDF]
, 2020 Frail older people have an inherent risk of polypharmacy due to the need to treat multiple comorbidities, thus leading to various negative effects on their health due to the adverse actions from the drugs.
Nwadiugwu, Martin C, Martin C. Nwadiugwu
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Aging, polypharmacy (concurrent use of ≥ 5 medications), and functional impairment are global healthcare challenges. However, knowledge of the age/sex-specific effects of polypharmacy is limited, particularly on daily physical activities.
Trang Tran +7 more
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Is Excessive Polypharmacy a Transient or Persistent Phenomenon? A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Objectives: Target populations with persistent polypharmacy should be identified prior to implementing strategies against inappropriate medication use, yet limited information regarding such populations is available.
Yi-Jen Wang +12 more
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Polypharmacy in Elderly: Overview, Prevalence and Psychiatric Perspectives
Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2019 Introduction: Ageing is a natural phenomenon that is accompanied by a cascade of unwanted and unintended circumstances or problems that are always undesirable but not still avoidable.
Priya Sharma, P Khuda, N L Gupta
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Seizure, 1995 The development of assays for plasma antiepileptic drug concentrations has led to the discovery of many pharmacokinetic interactions, some causing drug intoxication and others resulting in ineffective drug concentrations. In the 1970s, a number of epileptologists began to argue that single drug therapy was desirable in the treatment of epilepsy and ...
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BMJ OpenObjectives Polypharmacy, defined as the concurrent use of multiple medications, is a growing concern among the elderly, especially in low-income and middle-income countries such as Iran.
Sepehr Khosravi +9 more
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Prevalence and trends of polypharmacy in U.S. adults, 1999–2018
Global Health Research and Policy, 2023 Background Polypharmacy is one of the most important health issues for its potential impacts on disease burden and healthcare costs. The aim of this study was to update a comprehensive picture of prevalence and trends in polypharmacy over 20 years in U.S.
Xiaowen Wang +7 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.
Saval Khanal +7 more
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