"Polypharmacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D019338
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.698
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polypharmacy" by people in Profiles.
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Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors. Pediatrics. 2021 12 01; 148(6).
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Influence of hospital encounters for falls on potentially inappropriate medication use among older patients. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2020 Aug; 20(8):795-796.
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Effect of frailty on resource use and cost for Medicare patients. J Comp Eff Res. 2018 08; 7(8):817-825.
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Polypharmacy and adverse drug events among propensity score?matched privately insured persons with and without spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2018 06; 56(6):591-597.
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Recommendations for Management of Clinically Significant Drug-Drug Interactions With Statins and Select Agents Used in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 11 22; 134(21):e468-e495.
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Aberrant Behaviors and Co-occurring Conditions as Predictors of Psychotropic Polypharmacy among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2015 May; 25(4):323-36.
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Pharmacological treatment of diabetes in older people. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2014 Dec; 16(12):1192-203.
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Medication use and associated risk of falling in a geriatric outpatient population. Ann Pharmacother. 2012 Sep; 46(9):1188-92.
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Race and medication adherence and glycemic control: findings from an operational health information exchange. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011; 2011:1649-57.
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Pharmacological interventions: more nursing oversight is needed. J Gerontol Nurs. 2010 Apr; 36(4):3-4.