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Polypharmacy
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Definition of 'Polypharmacy'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) |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
[Use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation]
8 Sep 2009 
BACKGROUND: Individuals who have mental retardation and live by themselves have little knowledge of psychotropic medication. The aim of this study is to examine the use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation, 10-20 ... Read more...
[Pharmacotherapy in nursing homes]
8 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: There is a high risk of drug-related problems in nursing homes due to polypharmacy, multi-morbidity and age-related changes. We describe the drug use and compare the pharmacotherapy in two nursing homes with different staffing of ... Read more...
Medication safety series: take charge!
30 Aug 2009 Nurses have read the statistics on the numbers of prescription medications seniors take each day and the pitfalls and diverse problems that occur as a result. Various scenarios contribute to this problem: multiple healthcare providers prescribe ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Polypharmacy'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- [Use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation] 8 Sep 2009
- [Pharmacotherapy in nursing homes] 8 Sep 2009
- [Drug management in children and the elderly]
8 Sep 2009 - Medication safety series: take charge! 30 Aug 2009
- Adverse drug events in the elderly: an ongoing problem. 30 Aug 2009
- Association between prescription burden and medication adherence in patients initiating antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy. 13 Aug 2009
- Changes in utilisation of anticholinergic drugs after initiation of cholinesterase inhibitors. 30 Jul 2009
- Potentially severe drug interactions in elderly outpatients: results of an observational study of an administrative prescription database. 30 Jul 2009
- Valproic acid-induced myopathy in a patient with schizoaffective disorder. 30 Jul 2009
- Audit of antipsychotic polypharmacy in Christchurch. 30 Jul 2009
- [Information on medications - How do chronically ill patients assess counselling on drugs in general practice?] 29 Jul 2009
- Impact of comorbidities on the management of psoriasis. 26 Jul 2009
- From research and guidelines to the consultation: five ways to improve blood pressure management in clinical practice. 18 Jul 2009
- Macrolide-induced digoxin toxicity: a population-based study. 13 Jul 2009
- Sex differences in inappropriate drug use: a register-based study of over 600,000 older people. 5 Jul 2009
- Assessing the effect of a polypharmacy medication adherence simulation project in a geriatrics course in a college of pharmacy. 30 Jun 2009
- [Luckily, there's a Renew button...] 29 Jun 2009
- Implementation of a pharmacist medication review clinic for haemodialysis patients. 17 Jun 2009
- Antiplatelet polypharmacy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention: trying to understand when more is better. 13 Jun 2009
- Fall-related hip fractures. 8 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Polypharmacy'
Definition: 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)
Descriptor UI: D019338
Alternative terms: Polypharmacy;
Related Mesh Headings: Drug Antagonism; Drug Combinations; Drug Therapy, Combination;
Tree Number: E02.319.698;
History Note: 97
Technical Notes: note category: a type of DRUG THERAPY, not a pharmacy specialty; multiple drugs given to the same patient; do not confuse with DRUG COMBINATIONS ( = 2 or more drugs in a single dosage form) or with POLYCHEMOTHERAPY see DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION ( = 2 or more drugs given separately for a combined eff); DF: POLYPHARM