Polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing, and deprescribing in older people: through a sex and gender lens

PA Rochon, M Petrovic, A Cherubini… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2021 - thelancet.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Overuse of medications in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

L Albarqouni, S Palagama, J Chai… - Bulletin of the World …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To identify and summarize the evidence about the extent of overuse of
medications in low-and middle-income countries, its drivers, consequences and potential …

Drug–drug interactions in elderly patients with potentially inappropriate medications in primary care, nursing home and hospital settings: a systematic review and a …

M Bories, G Bouzillé, M Cuggia, P Le Corre - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drug–drug interactions (DDI) occurring with potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) are
additional risk factors that may increase the inappropriate character of PIM. The aim of this …

Potentially inappropriate medication and attitudes of older adults towards deprescribing

AB Achterhof, Z Rozsnyai, E Reeve, KT Jungo… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are current challenges when caring for the
older population. Both have led to an increase of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) …

Prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications use in elderly Chinese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Tian, Z Chen, J Wu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among elderly
Chinese patients have not yet been investigated by systematic review and meta-analysis …

The patterns and implications of potentially suboptimal medicine regimens among older adults: a narrative review

GB Lee, C Etherton-Beer, SM Hosking… - … advances in drug …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In the context of an ageing population, the burden of disease and medicine use is also
expected to increase. As such, medicine safety and preventing avoidable medicine-related …

Pharmaceuticals as emerging pollutants in the reclaimed wastewater used in irrigation and their effects on plants, soils, and groundwater

GA Abdallat, E Salameh, M Shteiwi, S Bardaweel - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) were investigated in five wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs), groundwater, irrigated soils, and plants in Amman and Al-Balqa …

Potentially inappropriate medications in older adults—prevalence, trends and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia

FF Jabri, Y Liang, TM Alhawassi, K Johnell, J Möller - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults are associated
with drug-related problems, adverse health consequences, repeated hospital admissions …

Potentially inappropriate medications in Chinese older outpatients in tertiary hospitals according to Beers criteria: a cross‐sectional study

F Tian, H Li, Z Chen, T Xu - International Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in older adults always increase the prevalence
of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and affect the quality of life of older adults …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and risk factors of potentially inappropriate medication use in older Chinese inpatients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a cross …

F Tian, S Liao, Z Chen, T Xu - Annals of translational medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are common problems among the older
population globally. They not only reduce the quality of life of older adults but also increase …