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| Polypharmacy and the elderly | | Author(s) | Richard Fitzgerald, Munir Pirmohamed |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 37, no 7, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 41-45 |
| Keywords | Drugs. |
| Annotation | The accumulation of prescribed medicines is a recognised effect of ageing. Polypharmacy is an important issue when treating the older patient, as it is one the main reasons why this age group has a higher frequency of adverse drug reactions compared younger age groups. The authors discuss how polypharmacy can occur and how to reduce the pill burden for the older patient. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070814223 A |
| Classmark | LLD |
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