Rational polypharmacy

Rational Polypharmacy in the Acute Therapy of Major Depression

Polypharmacy in oligopopulations: what psychiatric genetics can teach biological psychiatry.

Psychiatric genetics and genomics have made major strides in recent years. Some of that knowledge has yet to permeate in the clinical practice of biological psychiatry. The example of cancer-genetics, biology and clinical treatments may be profitable in terms of accelerating translational integration in psychiatry. We propose that current developments in genetics and genomics point to an Early ...

Antipsychotic polypharmacy: a survey of discharge prescriptions from a tertiary care psychiatric institution.

OBJECTIVE To perform a retrospective survey of discharge medications at a tertiary care psychiatric facility and to assess the incidence of antipsychotic polypharmacy. METHOD This is a retrospective survey that used the Department of Pharmacy's computer database to obtain relevant discharge information on all nongeriatric patients with schizophrenia discharged from Riverview Hospital between ...

Prevalence of Polypharmacy and Correlations with Sex, Age and Drug Regimen in Insurance Prescription

Abstract Simultaneous use of multiple drugs (Polypharmacy, PP) is associated with adverse drug reactions, medication errors, increased risk of hospitalisation and increased curative costs, specially when the number of drugs exceeds four items. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine prevalence of PP and its some associated factors. Data were derived from health insurance prescrip...

Qualitative insights into general practitioners views on polypharmacy

BACKGROUND Polypharmacy is common among older people. The purpose of this study is to describe GPs' views and beliefs on polypharmacy in order to identify the role of the GP in relation to improving prescribing behaviour. The awareness of these often established beliefs is key for understanding behaviour and promoting change which can guide action towards more rational prescribing. METHODS A ...

Polypharmacy: a challenge for the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System

OBJECTIVE To characterize the polypharmacy in primary health care patients and to identify its associated factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM - National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines - Services, ...