Polypharmacy in the elderly: A deeper analysis of drug utilization in Sweden and Germany
Introduction: If a person uses many different drugs at the same time it can be termed “polypharmacy”. Polypharmacy is mostly seen in the elderly and often associated with negative aspects of drug treatment. Some negative consequences of using many drugs are a higher risk of drug-drug interactions a...
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Uppsala University, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences
2012
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-167142 |