Diagnosis and control of polypharmacy in the elderly Diagnóstico e controle da polifarmácia no idoso

• Main Authors: Patrícia Medeiros-Souza (Author), Leopoldo Luiz dos Santos-Neto (Author), Liana Tieko Evangelista Kusano (Author), Maurício Gomes Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The article had the purpose of commenting on studies on polypharmacy in the elderly, focusing on diagnosis and control. Polypharmacy is defined as the use of a number of medications at the same time and the use of additional drugs to correct drug adverse effects. The fact that the elderly take more...