 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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polypharmacy" by people in Profiles.
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Bakaki PM, Horace A, Dawson N, Winterstein A, Waldron J, Staley J, Pestana Knight EM, Meropol SB, Liu R, Johnson H, Golchin N, Feinstein JA, Bolen SD, Kleinman LC. Defining pediatric polypharmacy: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0208047.
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Glode AE, Bodge M, Culver ME. Geriatric assessments and medication management in elderly oncology patients. Consult Pharm. 2017 Aug; 32 Suppl B:1-20.
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Cobretti MR, Page RL, Linnebur SA, Deininger KM, Ambardekar AV, Lindenfeld J, Aquilante CL. Medication regimen complexity in ambulatory older adults with heart failure. Clin Interv Aging. 2017; 12:679-686.
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Maciejewski ML, Hammill BG, Bayliss EA, Ding L, Voils CI, Curtis LH, Wang V. Prescriber Continuity and Disease Control of Older Adults. Med Care. 2017 04; 55(4):405-410.
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Wiggins BS, Saseen JJ, Page RL, Reed BN, Sneed K, Kostis JB, Lanfear D, Virani S, Morris PB. Recommendations for Management of Clinically Significant Drug-Drug Interactions With Statins and Select Agents Used in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 11 22; 134(21):e468-e495.
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Hess C, Linnebur SA, Rhyne DN, Valdez CA. Over-the-Counter Drugs to Avoid in Older Adults with Kidney Impairment. Nephrol Nurs J. 2016 Sep-Oct; 43(5):389-400.
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Keyes LE, Mather L, Duke C, Regmi N, Phelan B, Pant S, Starling J, McElwee M, Cole D, McConnell T, Paudel P, Sallade TD, Sheets A, Twillman D, Young DS, Basnyat B. Older age, chronic medical conditions and polypharmacy in Himalayan trekkers in Nepal: an epidemiologic survey and case series. J Travel Med. 2016 Jun; 23(6).
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Dai D, Feinstein JA, Morrison W, Zuppa AF, Feudtner C. Epidemiology of Polypharmacy and Potential Drug-Drug Interactions Among Pediatric Patients in ICUs of U.S. Children's Hospitals. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 05; 17(5):e218-28.
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Weiss BD, Brega AG, LeBlanc WG, Mabachi NM, Barnard J, Albright K, Cifuentes M, Brach C, West DR. Improving the Effectiveness of Medication Review: Guidance from the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Jan-Feb; 29(1):18-23.
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Zhang F, Mamtani R, Scott FI, Goldberg DS, Haynes K, Lewis JD. Increasing use of prescription drugs in the United Kingdom. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2016 06; 25(6):628-36.
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