The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions: population database analysis 1995–2010

Guthrie, Bruce; Makubate, Boikanyo; Hernandez Santiago, Virginia; Dreischulte, Tobias

doi:10.1186/s12916-015-0322-7

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The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions: population database analysis 1995–2010

Published in BMC Medicine • Apr 7, 2015

Authors:

Bruce Guthrie

Boikanyo Makubate

Virginia Hernandez Santiago

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The escalating use of prescribed drugs has increasingly raised concerns about polypharmacy. This study aims to examine changes in rates of polypharmacy and potentially serious drug-drug interactions in a stable geographical population between 1995 and 2010. METHODS: This is a repeated cr...

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Medicine

Polypharmacy

Drug

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