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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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Human vs. artificial intelligence: Physicians outperform ChatGPT in real‐world pharmacotherapy counselling

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To assess the utility of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT (openly available version 3.5) in responding to real‐world pharmacotherapeutic queries from healthcare professionals. Methods Three independent and blinded evaluators with different levels of medical expertise and professional experience (beginner, advanced, and expert ...
Benjamin Krichevsky, Stefan Engeli, Stefanie M. Bode‐Böger, Felix Koop, Martin Schulze Westhoff, Sebastian Schröder, Carsten Schumacher, Thorben Pape, Dirk O. Stichtenoth, Johannes Heck   +9 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, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Pei-Chen Lee, Yu-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Yueh-Ching Chou, Yueh-Ching Chou, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Tzeng-Ji Chen   +12 more
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The four or more medicines (FOMM) support service:results from an evaluation of a new community pharmacy service aimed at over-65s [PDF]

, 2015
Background: 57% of all prescriptions dispensed in the UK in 2003 were for people aged ≥60, where ≥20% of them were prescribed ≥ five medicines. Inappropriate prescribing and non-adherence have a significant impact on hospital admissions and patient ...
Bond C, Chumney E, Clare Kerr, Curtis L, David Wright, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Duerden M, Garry R. Barton, Haynes RB, HSCIC, Michael J. Twigg, NICE, NICE, NICE, PSNC, Tracey Thornley, WHO   +19 more
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Prevalence, predisposing factors and strategies to reduce polypharmacy among older patients in Poland [PDF]

, 2022
Emilia Błeszyńska-Marunowska, Kacper Jagiełło, Tomasz Grodzicki, Łukasz Wierucki, Małgorzata Sznitowska, Zbigniew Kalarus, Marcin Renke, Katarzyna Mitręga, Krzysztof Rewiuk, Tomasz Zdrojewski   +9 more
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Clinical pharmacology consultations and their implementation in clinical decision making

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims One of the key roles of clinical pharmacologists is to work as consultants for other medical specialties. We wanted to investigate the characteristics of clinical pharmacology consultations, compare the types of consultations from different specialties, and evaluate how well the recommendations given were followed.
Mirjam Kauppila, Janne T. Backman, Outi Lapatto‐Reiniluoto   +2 more
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The Prevalence and Factors Associated With Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Despite clinical guidelines limiting the use of multiple concomitant antipsychotics to the most exceptional and treatment resistant cases, the prevalence of antipsychotic polypharmacy has been increasing worldwide.
Christian Farrell, Johann Brink
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Diurnal effects of polypharmacy with high drug burden index on physical activities over 23 h differ with age and sex

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, John Mach, Gizem Gemikonakli, Harry Wu, Heather Allore, Susan E. Howlett, Christopher B. Little, Sarah N. Hilmer   +7 more
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Underuse of indicated medications in elderly [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Treatment omissions are very important to value the quality of pharmacological therapy. In fact, suboptimal prescribing has been defined as overuse (polypharmacy), inappropriate prescribing (drug whose risks are greater than the benefits ...
Ariza-Zafra, Gabriel, Bellido-Estevez, Inmaculada, Blanco-Reina, Encarnacion, Medina-Cáliz, Inmaculada, Márquez, Elisa I., Ocaña-Riola, Ricardo   +5 more
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Blood pressure effects of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP‐1 receptor agonists: Mechanisms, trial evidence and Real‐world data

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP‐1 receptor agonists modestly lower blood pressure across diverse patient populations, including those without diabetes. These effects appear largely independent of glycaemic control and offer additive value in high‐risk patients with overlapping comorbidities.
Andrej Belančić, Yusuf Ziya Sener, Marijana Vučković, Joseph Edgar Blais, Almir Fajkić, Emina Sher, Mislav Radić, Josipa Radić   +7 more
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