Polypharmacy in Saxony
Polypharmacy is usually referred to as a cumulative prescription of five or more drugs in one period of time. Five active ingredients are often seen as the limit beyond which interactions and side effects can no longer be overlooked. Although polypharmacy is not a new phenomenon, the problem can be expected to worsen given the increasing number of drug prescriptions and the declining number of insured people. This is all the more true as the prescription of potentially inappropriate medication increases with increasing age (cf. Thürmann et al. 2012) and - due to demographic change - in a growing proportion of older patients.
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First publication date: 24.01.2013
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