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Polypharmacy and the occurrence of potential drug–drug interactions among geriatric patients at the outpatient pharmacy department of a regional hospital in Durban, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is the administration of an excessive number of medicines and a significant irrational medicine use practice. Little is known about this practice in South Africa. This study aimed to determine the level of polypharmacy and potential drug–drug interactions amongst the geriatr...

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Autores principales:	Bojuwoye, Adetola Olaniyi, Suleman, Fatima, Perumal-Pillay, Velisha Ann
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2022
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8729144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34983680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00401-z

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