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'''Polypharmacy''' is defined as "the use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication."<ref name="title">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?term=polypharmacy |title=Polypharmacy |accessdate=2007-12-15 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> Polypharmacy hinders compliance | '''Polypharmacy''' is defined as "the use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication."<ref name="title">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?term=polypharmacy |title=Polypharmacy |accessdate=2007-12-15 |author=National Library of Medicine |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> Polypharmacy hinders [[patient compliance]] with medications and may increase [[adverse drug reaction]]s<ref name="pmid11251757">{{cite journal |author=Muir AJ, Sanders LL, Wilkinson WE, Schmader K |title=Reducing medication regimen complexity: a controlled trial |journal=J Gen Intern Med |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=77–82 |year=2001 |pmid=11251757 |doi=10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016002077.x |issn=}} [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?pubmedid=11251757 Full text at PubMed Central]</ref>. | ||
Taking 4 or more prescriptions daily is more common among low income patients according to one survey.<ref> USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Survey: the public on prescription drugs and pharmaceutical companies - kaiser family foundation. Retrieved March 10, 2008, from http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr030408pkg.cfm.</ref> This occurs in 32% of patients with household income below $25,000; whereas this occurs in 12% of those with household income above $75,000. | Taking 4 or more prescriptions daily is more common among low income patients according to one survey.<ref> USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Survey: the public on prescription drugs and pharmaceutical companies - kaiser family foundation. Retrieved March 10, 2008, from http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr030408pkg.cfm.</ref> This occurs in 32% of patients with household income below $25,000; whereas this occurs in 12% of those with household income above $75,000. | ||
Revision as of 03:11, 16 June 2008
Polypharmacy is defined as "the use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication."[1] Polypharmacy hinders patient compliance with medications and may increase adverse drug reactions[2].
Taking 4 or more prescriptions daily is more common among low income patients according to one survey.[3] This occurs in 32% of patients with household income below $25,000; whereas this occurs in 12% of those with household income above $75,000.
References
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Polypharmacy. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ↑ Muir AJ, Sanders LL, Wilkinson WE, Schmader K (2001). "Reducing medication regimen complexity: a controlled trial". J Gen Intern Med 16 (2): 77–82. DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016002077.x. PMID 11251757. Research Blogging. Full text at PubMed Central
- ↑ USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Survey: the public on prescription drugs and pharmaceutical companies - kaiser family foundation. Retrieved March 10, 2008, from http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr030408pkg.cfm.