Polypharmacy is very common in older adults and increases the risk of inappropriate and
unsafe prescribing for older adults. Older adults, particularly women (who make up the …

ABSTRACT Introduction: STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and
START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment) are explicit criteria that facilitate …

The NCCN Guidelines for Older Adult Oncology address specific issues related to the
management of cancer in older adults, including screening and comprehensive geriatric …

The complexity and heterogeneity of patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy renders
traditional disease‐oriented guidelines often inadequate and complicates clinical decision …

Background Inappropriate polypharmacy is a particular concern in older people and is
associated with negative health outcomes. Choosing the best interventions to improve …

Objective To summarise the findings of an updated Cochrane review of interventions aimed
at improving the appropriate use of polypharmacy in older people. Design Cochrane …

Objectives Deprescribing is effective in addressing concerns relating to polypharmacy in
residents of nursing homes. However, the clinical outcomes of deprescribing interventions …

Background Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is one of the main risk factors for
adverse drug events (ADEs) in older people. Purpose This systematic literature review aims …

Globally, the number of drug prescriptions is increasing causing more adverse drug events,
which is now a significant cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability that has reached …

Background: Polypharmacy paves the way for non-adherence, adverse drug reactions,
negative health outcomes, increased use of healthcare services and rising costs. Since it is …