Polypharmacy is the use of multiple medications by a patient, generally older adults (those aged over 65 years). More specifically, it is often defined as the use of four or more regular medications. It sometimes alternatively refers to purportedly excessive or unnecessary prescriptions. The term polypharmacy lacks a universally consistent definit...
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treatment with many medicines
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• (n.) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. • (n.) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
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<pharmacology> The administration of an excessive number of drugs. ... (14 Oct 1997) ...
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(pol″e-fahr´mә-se) the administration of many drugs together. administration of excessive medication.
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Pol`y·phar'ma·cy noun [
Poly- + Greek ... the using of medicine, from ... medicine: confer French
polypharmacie .]
(Medicine) (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.
(b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pol′ē-far′mă-sē Definitions: 1. The administration of multiple drugs at the same time.
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polypharmacy 1. Prescription of many drugs at the same time. 2. An instance of excessive medication. 3. The use of many drugs or medicines in the treatment of disease; frequently, with the suggestion of indiscriminate, unscientific, or excessive prescription.
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