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A Study on Polypharmacy Effects in Geriatrics in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

K Sangeetha, S. Varalakshmi

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Polypharmacy/polymedicine/multiple drugs is the use of four or more medications by a patient. Geriatrics or geriatric medicine is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. Polypharmacy are the major risk factor of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Elders are prone to multiple diseases is the leading cause for the using of polypharmacy. It increases hospital staying, cost of medications. Health care providers should evaluate the prescription, simplifying the prescription, obtaining of medication history. Keywords: ADRs, NSAIDs, geriatrics, polypharmacy Cite this Article K. Sangeetha, S. Varalakshmi. A Study on Polypharmacy Effects in Geriatrics in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy . 2017; 4(1): 36–38p.

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Polypharmacy/polymedicine/multiple drugs is the use of four or more medications by a patient. Geriatrics or geriatric medicine is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. Polypharmacy are the major risk factor of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Elders are prone to multiple diseases is the leading cause for the using of polypharmacy. It increases hospital staying, cost of medications. Health care providers should evaluate the prescription, simplifying the prescription, obtaining of medication history. Keywords: ADRs, NSAIDs, geriatrics, polypharmacy Cite this Article K. Sangeetha, S. Varalakshmi. A Study on Polypharmacy Effects in Geriatrics in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy . 2017; 4(1): 36–38p.

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Polypharmacy/polymedicine/multiple drugs is the use of four or more medications by a patient. Geriatrics or geriatric medicine is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. Polypharmacy are the major risk factor of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Elders are prone to multiple diseases is the leading cause for the using of polypharmacy. It increases hospital staying, cost of medications. Health care providers should evaluate the prescription, simplifying the prescription, obtaining of medication history. Keywords: ADRs, NSAIDs, geriatrics, polypharmacy Cite this Article K. Sangeetha, S. Varalakshmi. A Study on Polypharmacy Effects in Geriatrics in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy . 2017; 4(1): 36–38p.

Key concepts: Polypharmacy, Geriatrics, Medicine, Medical prescription, Specialty, Health care, Beers Criteria, Drug reaction

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