Tag: polypharmacy

A retrospective study of 3,476 outpatient prescriptions found potential SSRI drug interactions in 19.68% of regimens, with the number of ...

A planned protocol describes three separate open-label pilots assessing feasibility, acceptability, safety, tolerability and alcohol-consumption measures for off-label medications in ...

A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial across twelve German nursing homes is testing whether multidisciplinary rehabilitation can restore independence, reduce psychotropic ...

A new conceptual analysis argues that prolonged multiprofessional pharmacotherapy in chronic diseases has become an organizationally complex process in which ...

A new study found that nearly two-thirds of older adults with type 2 diabetes are prescribed at least one potentially ...

A cross-sectional study of 82 palliative cancer patients in southern Chile finds that xerostomia and other oral conditions are highly ...

Researchers argue that clarifying what matters most to patients with multiple chronic conditions should come first in shared decision-making, especially ...

A narrative review finds Saudi Arabia lacks validated tools, national guidelines, and pharmacist authority for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in ...

A Bulgarian study combining systematic review with real-world analysis reveals that drug-related problems in geriatric patients with rare diseases are ...

A prospective study in Karachi found drug-related problems in 93% of hospitalized children with infections, with pharmacist interventions achieving 98.7% ...

A new review argues that menopause-driven gut microbiome changes may reshape drug metabolism and explain variability in medication response among ...

A five-year analysis of more than 36,000 Japanese outpatients shows that the risk factors driving leftover medications shift dramatically with ...

A first-of-its-kind Portuguese study of 234 adults with intellectual disabilities aged 45 and older finds that nearly half are frail, ...

A new machine learning method called DCSE predicts side effects of drug combinations and introduces more realistic evaluation standards that ...

A joint European task force of geriatricians and psychiatrists warns that fragmented physical and mental healthcare is shortening the lives ...

A national Italian study of 82 long-term care facilities found that nearly one in four solid oral medications is altered ...

A Finnish cohort study of 644 older men with hip fracture found that pre-fracture fecal incontinence independently predicted one-year mortality, ...

A new Perspective in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that deciding which guidelines to follow first, defer, or ...

A French cohort study of 287 palliative care patients found that midazolam monotherapy failed in nearly three quarters of continuous ...

In a groundbreaking study set to be published in 2025, researchers have delved into the intricate relationship between polypharmacy among ...