What Is Polypharmacy? - WebMD
2024年9月29日 · Polypharmacy refers to when you take five or more medications each day. Learn how to follow this routine safely and avoid unsafe side effects.
Polypharmacy - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2024年2月12日 · Polypharmacy, defined as the regular use of 5 or more medications at the same time, is common in older adults and at-risk younger individuals.
Polypharmacy - Wikipedia
Polypharmacy is often defined as taking 5 or more medicines. Polypharmacy (polypragmasia) is an umbrella term to describe the simultaneous use of multiple medicines by a patient for their …
Polypharmacy: Evaluating Risks and Deprescribing - AAFP
2019年7月1日 · Polypharmacy, defined as regular use of at least five medications, is common in older adults and younger at-risk populations and increases the risk of adverse medical …
What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions - PMC
Multimorbidity and the associated use of multiple medicines (polypharmacy), is common in the older population. Despite this, there is no consensus definition for polypharmacy. A systematic …
The dangers of polypharmacy and the case for deprescribing …
2021年8月24日 · Medicines are meant to help, not harm. But sometimes taking too many drugs can be dangerous, especially for older adults. The use of multiple drugs to treat diseases and …
Polypharmacy in Adults 60 and Older - Johns Hopkins Medicine
What is polypharmacy? Polypharmacy is using multiple prescription drugs. According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about a third of American adults in …
An overview of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of polypharmacy
Polypharmacy was most often defined in terms of the number of medications that are being taken by an individual at any given time. Our review showed that the prevalence of polypharmacy …
What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions
2017年10月10日 · The most commonly reported definition of polypharmacy was the numerical definition of five or more medications daily (n = 51, 46.4% of articles), with definitions ranging …
Polypharmacy: Definition, Causes, and Solutions | UAMS …
Polypharmacy may be defined as use of potentially inappropriate medications as identified by a set of criteria such as the AGS 2019 Beers Criteria. (1) These criteria list medications whose …