September 7, 2010 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) — A study of antidepressant and antipsychotic treatment effects showed there is an emphasis on "polypharmacy" in clinical practice, without much evidence ...

In patients with acute HF, polypharmacy is common and associated with multimorbidity and older age. Polypharmacy is common globally among patients with acute heart failure (HF) and is associated with ...

If you've heard the term "polypharmacy" used to talk about medication recently, you're not alone. But what is it, and are there risks? Below, experts discuss the oft-disputed definition of the term.

William Osler, M.D. was a famous American physician who died in 1919, who is often called “the father of modern medicine.” He is responsible for several famous sayings, many of which concern ...

We created a clinic to identify patients at risk of polypharmacy and to alleviate problems associated with inappropriate drug use. Specific goals of the polypharmacy clinic included increasing ...

—It’s widely used in practice, but the evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of polypharmacy in patients with schizophrenia spectrum and other disorders may be missing some pieces. Antipsychotic ...

It is still unknown whether the relationship between polypharmacy and malnutrition is bidirectional and authors could not determine causation. Findings of a systematic review published in Clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . We often encounter patients taking multiple medications, which complicates choosing safe and effective ...

Polypharmacy which in simple term implies the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient, is a growing concern, particularly among the elderly. As age grows, so do the number of ailments; ...

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of women with incident, invasive breast cancer initiating AET (tamoxifen, letrozole, anastrozole, exemestane) between 2009 and 2013 in the Truven Health ...