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Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature
The aging population is of growing concern all across the globe as well as in India. Polypharmacy has been defined as the simultaneous use of multiple medications by an individual and the clinical suitability of such use. Polypharmacy is found more frequently in the geriatric population. Researches...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934644 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2581_20 |
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author | Sinha, Abhik Mukherjee, Shatavisa Tripathi, Santanu Dutta, Shanta |
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description | The aging population is of growing concern all across the globe as well as in India. Polypharmacy has been defined as the simultaneous use of multiple medications by an individual and the clinical suitability of such use. Polypharmacy is found more frequently in the geriatric population. Researches in India have also reiterated the fact. Polypharmacy in the geriatric population leads to many negative consequences such as increased adverse drug reactions, falls, frailty, and even increased mortality. Moreover, it leads to increased out-of-pocket expenditure. Polypharmacy also poses risk of poor treatment adherence and missed dose in the geriatric population. Mitigation measures in this regard may include increased awareness among physicians, improved medication management and adherence, efforts to reduce self-medication, and improper crosspathy. |
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spelling | pubmed-86534852021-12-20 Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature Sinha, Abhik Mukherjee, Shatavisa Tripathi, Santanu Dutta, Shanta J Family Med Prim Care Review Article The aging population is of growing concern all across the globe as well as in India. Polypharmacy has been defined as the simultaneous use of multiple medications by an individual and the clinical suitability of such use. Polypharmacy is found more frequently in the geriatric population. Researches in India have also reiterated the fact. Polypharmacy in the geriatric population leads to many negative consequences such as increased adverse drug reactions, falls, frailty, and even increased mortality. Moreover, it leads to increased out-of-pocket expenditure. Polypharmacy also poses risk of poor treatment adherence and missed dose in the geriatric population. Mitigation measures in this regard may include increased awareness among physicians, improved medication management and adherence, efforts to reduce self-medication, and improper crosspathy. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-10 2021-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8653485/ /pubmed/34934644 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2581_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Sinha, Abhik Mukherjee, Shatavisa Tripathi, Santanu Dutta, Shanta Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature |
title | Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature |
title_full | Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature |
title_fullStr | Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature |
title_short | Issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: A review of contemporary Indian literature |
title_sort | issues and challenges of polypharmacy in the elderly: a review of contemporary indian literature |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934644 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2581_20 |
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