Tag: polypharmacy

A cross-sectional study in a Nepalese tertiary care hospital revealed that over 37 percent of admitted pulmonary patients were exposed ...

A cross-sectional study of 552 older adults in China found that eHealth literacy, social support, and positive attitudes toward aging ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 African studies finds a pooled 44 percent prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic use in ...

A cross-sectional survey of 1,150 Indian dental providers revealed a 12.4 percentage point gap between geriatric prescribing knowledge and self-reported ...

A cross-sectional study of 197 hypertensive outpatients at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences in Jumla, Nepal, found generic prescribing at ...

A study of 1,069 older Turkish adults found SGLT2 inhibitor use was not associated with recurrent falls, while antidepressants and ...

A new editorial synthesizes 27 pharmacoepidemiology studies showing how real-world chronic disease care, from FAERS safety signals to national insurance ...

A VA team developed and piloted the SLIM-D educational program to improve the safe concurrent use of glucocorticoids and NSAIDs ...

A retrospective study of 2,221 children and adolescents in Qatar's public health records found that 14.5 percent had two or ...

An analysis of Scottish and Welsh healthcare databases found seven potential prescribing cascades in which new drugs were started to ...

A mini review used Swiss Target Prediction to map the probable protein targets of seven major classes of antidiabetic drugs ...

A health economic evaluation alongside a German stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial found that a medication-related clinical decision support system produced no ...

A qualitative study of twelve Istanbul family physicians found highly favorable prospective acceptability of pharmacist-led comprehensive medication management, alongside concerns ...

A three-year retrospective study at a Japanese chronic care hospital found that a stepwise pharmacist-led polypharmacy management program was associated ...

A large Japanese observational study found that polypharmacy was not linked to total functional improvement after cerebrovascular rehabilitation, but was ...

A cross-sectional study of 388 older adults in Turkish primary care found 73.5% had poor sleep quality, independently associated with ...

A student-led study at an osteopathic medical college found that three paid AI platforms varied widely in reference quality and ...

Only a small fraction of the drugs recommended for gastrointestinal cancers are directly steered by known pharmacogenetic variants, yet the ...

A randomized trial of 443 older adults in cancer rehabilitation found fewer inappropriate prescriptions and less medication overuse and underuse ...

A retrospective cohort study of 250 older outpatients in Riyadh found that 82.8% experienced polypharmacy, which was strongly associated with ...