Refining the Definition of Polypharmacy and Its Link to Disability in Older Adults: Conceptualizing Necessary Polypharmacy, Unnecessary Polypharmacy, and Polypharmacy of Unclear Benefit

The term polypharmacy in older adults is generally used in a pejorative context in the medical literature. Because of its link to geriatric syndromes and disability, the avoidance of polypharmacy is usually recommended in older adults as a strategy to optimize functional status. However, there are m...

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Main Authors: Lee, Eric A, Brettler, Jeffrey W, Kanter, Michael H, Steinberg, Steven G, Khang, Peter, Distasio, Christopher C, Martin, John, Dreskin, Mark, Thompson, Nolan H, Cotter, Timothy M, Thai, Kim, Yasumura, Lyn, Gibbs, Nancy E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Permanente Journal 2019
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Clinical Practice
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6972545/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31905333
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7812/TPP/18.212
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