Polypharmacy is when you take several medications each day, often defined as five or more. While you may need these medicines to treat or prevent health issues, multiple drugs can sometimes be harmful ...

New to outpatient psychiatry as a third-year resident, my medication intake appointments usually come in one of two flavors: no prior contact with psychiatry or transfers from other clinics with ...

Polypharmacy was associated with a nearly doubled increase in health care expenditures and a tripled increase in pharmacy expenditures among older patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

Credit: Getty Images Dr Erika Ramsdale discusses the risks and complications of polypharmacy in older adults, an increasingly prevalent medication management and public health issue. As the global ...

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The term "polypharmacy" seems to be getting a lot of attention these days. Maybe you heard it referenced in the news in a story about teen mental-health treatment. Perhaps you came across it when ...

Although most clinicians instinctively try to avoid prescribing multiple medications concurrently, there is evidence that polypharmacy is increasing. Some estimates suggest up to 65% of U.S. adults ...

Deprescribing in elderly persons has been the focus of research by Barbara Farrell, PharmD, for more than 20 years. Dr Farrell is a clinical scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute and the C.T.

After cycling through a dizzying array of psychiatric medications, Scott Griffin found himself with the barrel of a gun in his mouth in November. Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, Griffin ...