colorful pills Even the use of as few as 2 concomitant drugs can introduce the risk for drug interactions and subsequent adverse effects. A case study of an elderly patient receiving polypharmacy and ...

Polypharmacy raises mortality study finds taking five or more medications increases all-cause death risk by 38% in adults 65 and older.

The share of patients meeting the definition of polypharmacy for the condition of overactive bladder declined from 2006 to 2017, but the phenomenon was still prevalent in women and patients in nursing ...

More than four in ten older Americans take five or more prescription medications, and this study suggests obesity may account for millions of those cases. Researchers say reducing obesity could help ...

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 ...

It is still unknown whether the relationship between polypharmacy and malnutrition is bidirectional and authors could not determine causation. Findings of a systematic review published in Clinical ...

Obesity contributes substantially to polypharmacy among older adults, accounting for about 1 in 7 cases when defined by BMI and about 1 in 4 cases when defined by waist circumference, according to a ...

Frailty can be defined as an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline, characterized by marked vulnerability to adverse health outcomes. It is becoming an important public health concern as the ...

An exercise intervention aimed at elderly women was successful at reducing falls, especially among those with polypharmacy, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University ...

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 ...