This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Polypharmacy and drug-drug interaction metabolomics. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific ...

Needing to frequently adjust drug dosages in patients who are prescribed multiple medications could point to drug-drug interactions that had not been previously known, suggest study findings published ...

Polypharmacy rarely starts with a mistake. It starts with care. Nearly 42% of adults 65 and older are taking five or more prescription medications, and 12% are on ten or more at the same time, a ...

Drug-drug interactions are common in older adults who have psychiatric disorders, according to a new study. Investigators from Nanjing Medical University in China analyzed medical records for 308 ...

In a recent study published in PLOS Digital Health, researchers investigated the complexity of polypharmacy and whether frequent dose adjustments were required for co-medications and drug pairs in ...

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More than 40% of U.S. adults 65 and older now take at least five prescription drugs daily, a practice known as polypharmacy. Studies link high medication use to falls, hospitalizations, drug ...

As the Boomer generation ages, the prevalence of polypharmacy — patients taking multiple medications to manage chronic conditions — is surging. Nearly 40% of older adults take five or more medications ...

In simple terms, polypharmacy means using multiple medications to treat multiple conditions. Healthcare providers often define polypharmacy as occurring when patients are taking five or more ...

As we age, the chances that we will be taking multiple medications increase. “Polypharmacy” is defined by physicians as patients who take five or more medications daily and “super polypharmacy” as ...