P05.70. Polypharmacy, interactions and collaborative care in the middle-aged and beyond

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  • M Stargrove
  • L Stargrove
چکیده

Purpose The popular perception of herb-drug and drug-nutrient interactions is that they are unintended and problematic. Actually, purposeful coadministration of therapeutic agents within a clinical strategy represents a valuable approach to complex and evolving patient-centered care. As individuals age, they are more likely to be prescribed pharmaceutical medications: many also take herbs and nutrients, which may interact. The occurrence of polypharmacy may be orchestrated or unsupervised, beneficial or risky, depending upon the individual patient’s physiology, health status and medical condition(s) and the communication and collaboration among the involved healthcare providers.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012