Co-morbidity and polypharmacy in Parkinson’s disease: insights from a large Scottish primary care database

Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease is complicated by comorbidity and polypharmacy, but the extent and patterns of these are unclear. We describe comorbidity and polypharmacy in patients with and without Parkinson’s disease across 31 other physical, and seven mental health conditions. Methods We...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gary McLean, John V. Hindle, Bruce Guthrie, Stewart W. Mercer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-017-0904-4