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Development of geriatric syndromes after taking countermeasures for polypharmacy: an overlooked issue of quitting semiregular single-dose medicine

We report a case of an elderly woman on polypharmacy who developed appetite loss, general fatigue and muscle weakness mainly from secondary adrenal insufficiency caused by quitting one semiregular single-dose medicine. Because the degree of insufficiency was mild, her symptoms were eliminated after...

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Autores principales: Tomita, Naoki, Ishiki, Aiko, Okinaga, Shoji, Furukawa, Katsutoshi, Arai, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6568200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31214359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omz047