In simple terms, polypharmacy means using multiple medications to treat multiple conditions. Healthcare providers often define polypharmacy as occurring when patients are taking five or more ...

Although most clinicians instinctively try to avoid prescribing multiple medications concurrently, there is evidence that polypharmacy is increasing. Some estimates suggest up to 65% of U.S. adults ...

Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of five or more medications, is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions. While deprescribing unnecessary drugs can combat this ...

As the Boomer generation ages, the prevalence of polypharmacy — patients taking multiple medications to manage chronic conditions — is surging. Nearly 40% of older adults take five or more medications ...

Polypharmacy in RA patients is linked to increased drug interaction risks, especially with immunosuppressants, necessitating careful management and monitoring. Older age and multiple comorbidities are ...

Research tracking polypharmacy—people regularly taking five or more medications—found an increase in multiple medicine use ...

Researchers published a study examining symptoms, health outcomes, and physical function over time in older adults with and without Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and polypharmacy.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — While polypharmacy is inevitable for patients with multiple chronic diseases, not all medications improve patient-oriented outcomes, members of the Patients, Experience, ...

The number of older Americans over the age of 65 not living in healthcare facilities who used prescription medications rose from 1999 through the mid-2000s and hasn’t changed much since. The ...

BOSTON & TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FeelBetter, the leading provider of polypharmacy patient management technology and pioneer of Pharmaco-Clinical Intelligence, today announced that it has ...