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  A Study on Polypharmacy Effects in Geriatrics in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

  By K. Sangeetha, S. Varalakshmi

  Abstract: Polypharmacy/polymedicine/multiple drugs is the use of four or more medications by a patient. Geriatrics or geriatric medicine is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. Polypharmacy are the major risk factor of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Elders are prone to multiple diseases is the leading cause for the using of polypharmacy. It increases hospital staying, cost of medications. Health care providers should evaluate the prescription, simplifying the …

  Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 36–38 Read article →