Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7518416 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2018 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
Among individuals taking CV drugs, polypharmacy as defined by the number of drugs underestimates the prevalence of individuals taking five or more pharmacologically active drugs. Polypharmacy should no longer be based on the number of drugs but on the number of pharmacologically active drugs.
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Polypharmacy, defined as taking five or more drugs, is inadequate in the cardiovascular setting
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