单词	polypharmacy
释义	polypharmacy noun poly·​phar·​ma·​cy ˌpä-li-ˈfär-mə-sē  : the practice of administering many different medicines especially concurrently for the treatment of a single disease also : the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient to treat usually coexisting conditions and which may result in adverse drug interactions Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Nancy Taylor, PharmD will discuss the impact of polypharmacy in older adults and provide valuable information for patients and their caregivers. Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2022 Optimising Therapies: addressing the problems of polypharmacy and implementing more de-prescribing protocols. Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 The approval of aducanumab also lays the groundwork for new research into polypharmacy. Darius Lakdawalla, STAT, 7 June 2021 But polypharmacy can put people at risk of side effects that can severely impact their quality of life and even cause life-threatening symptoms. Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 25 Dec. 2019 The work is part of a provocative and growing body of research that documents how polypharmacy -- the use of multiple prescription drugs at the same time -- has risen in the U.S. Carolyn Y. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2018 Studies have linked polypharmacy to unnecessary death. Sandra G. Boodman | Kaiser Health News, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017 Studies have linked polypharmacy to unnecessary death. Sandra G. Boodman, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2017 Studies have linked polypharmacy to unnecessary death. Sandra G. Boodman | Kaiser Health News, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017 See More Word History First Known Use 1762, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition polypharmacy noun poly·​phar·​ma·​cy -ˈfär-mə-sē  plural polypharmacies : the practice of administering many different medicines especially concurrently for the treatment of the same disease also : the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient to treat usually coexisting conditions and which may result in adverse drug interactions
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