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Descriptor English:
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Polypharmacy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Polifarmacia
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Polimedicação
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Tree Number:
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E02.319.698
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Definition English:
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The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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note category: a type of DRUG THERAPY, not a pharmacy specialty; multiple drugs given to the same patient; do not confuse with DRUG COMBINATIONS ( = 2 or more drugs in a single dosage form) or with POLYCHEMOTHERAPY see DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION ( = 2 or more drugs given separately for a combined eff); DF: POLYPHARM
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See Related English:
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Drug Antagonism
Drug Combinations
Drug Therapy, Combination
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History Note English:
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97
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Record Number:
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33105
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Unique Identifier:
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D019338
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