Polypharmacy in older adults: a narrative review of definitions, epidemiology and consequences

F Pazan, M Wehling - European geriatric medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background The number of older adults has been constantly growing around the globe.
Consequently, multimorbidity and related polypharmacy have become an increasing …

What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions

N Masnoon, S Shakib, L Kalisch-Ellett, GE Caughey - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity and the associated use of multiple medicines (polypharmacy), is
common in the older population. Despite this, there is no consensus definition for …