Today there is a higher prevalence of symptomatic treatment than the causative, and the
clinical signs are atypical, so poly therapy or polypharmacy is inevitable. Unfortunately, very …

Aim Polypharmacy is a serious medical problem among older adults. Polypharmacy can
cause adverse drug reactions and is associated with frailty. Several drugs, particularly …

Antihypertensive, lipid‐lowering, and blood glucose‐lowering drugs have slowed down the
aging process in animal models. In humans, studies are limited, have short follow‐up times …

Polypharmacy (use of≥ 5 medications) and increasing Drug Burden Index (DBI) score
(measure of person's total exposure to anticholinergic/sedative medications) are associated …

PURPOSE To explore the frequency of polypharmacy, functional and cognitive capacity
among the elderly in Southern Italy. METHODS Population-based retrospective cross …

Polypharmacy is a challenging issue in geriatrics. The aim of the study was to characterize
correlates of polypharmacy in the PolSenior project. The PolSenior project, was a …

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Objectives With their broad spectrum of action, psychotropic drugs are among the most
common medications prescribed to the elderly. Consequently, the number of older adults …

Medication is the most used medical intervention to improve health. However, in the older
patient the prescription of medication becomes a complex task that poses a challenge for the …