 Polypharmacy
"Polypharmacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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D019338
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E02.319.698
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polypharmacy" by people in Profiles.
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Kachru N, Carnahan RM, Johnson ML, Aparasu RR. Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic medication use in older adults with dementia. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Nov-Dec; 55(6):603-12.
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Chen H, Patel A, Sherer J, Aparasu R. The definition and prevalence of pediatric psychotropic polypharmacy. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Dec; 62(12):1450-5.
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Kogut SJ, El-Maouche D, Abughosh SM. Decreased persistence to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy with concomitant use of drugs that can impair cognition. Pharmacotherapy. 2005 Dec; 25(12):1729-35.
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Aparasu RR, Mort JR, Brandt H. Polypharmacy trends in office visits by the elderly in the United States, 1990 and 2000. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2005 Sep; 1(3):446-59.
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