Polypharmacy, defined as regular use of at least five medications, is common in older adults
and younger at-risk populations and increases the risk of adverse medical outcomes. There …

The global population of multimorbid older people is growing steadily. Multimorbidity is the
principal cause of complex polypharmacy, which in turn is the prime risk factor for …

Background Pharmacotherapy in the elderly population is complicated by several factors
that increase the risk of drug‐related harms and less favourable effectiveness. The concept …

Inappropriate prescribing is particularly common in older patients and is associated with
adverse drug events (ADEs), hospitalization, and wasteful utilization of resources. We …

Prescription of medicines is a fundamental component of the care of elderly people, and
optimisation of drug prescribing for this group of patients has become an important public …

Heart failure (HF) is a quintessential geriatric cardiovascular condition, with more than 50%
of hospitalizations occurring in adults age 75 years or older. In older patients, HF is closely …

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT• Potentially inappropriate prescribing
(PIP) refers to medications that should generally be avoided in older populations and doses …

The pattern of patients admitted to internal medicine wards has dramatically changed in the
last 20–30 years. Elderly people are now the most rapidly growing proportion of the patient …

Potentially inappropriate prescribing for older adults is a major public health concern. While
there are multiple measures of potentially inappropriate prescribing, the medication …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of sustained clinical pharmacist interventions involving
elderly outpatients with polypharmacy and their primary physicians. PATIENTS AND …