A Medication Evaluation Clinic to Reduce Polypharmacy in an Institutional Setting
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An evaluation of polypharmacy medication reviews in GP practices
Polypharmacy, defined as the concurrent use of four or more medications by a single patient, is ever-increasing. It enhances the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and can represent a huge burden to patients. Medication reviews are the proposed panacea for reducing such problematic polypharmacy. These reviews conducted on patients aged 65 years or over can be aided by activation of the STOPP...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.suppl_1.p58-c