Polypharmacy in Older Adults: Practical Applications Alongside a Patient Case
by: Timothy Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS (https://www.npjournal.org/article/S1555-4155(19)31051-7/fulltext#), Elaine Wong, PharmD, BCPS (https://www.npjournal.org/article/S1555-4155(19)31051-7/fulltext#) and Francesco Ciummo, PharmD, BCCCP (https://www.npjournal.org/article/S1555-4155(19)31051-7/fulltext#).
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"Multimorbidity and the associated use of multiple medicines (polypharmacy), is common in the older population. Despite this, there is no consensus definition for polypharmacy"(2017) .
References:
Masnoon, N., Shakib, S., Kalisch-Ellett, L., & Caughey, G. E. (2017). What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions. BMC geriatrics, 17(1), 230. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0621-2
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