"Polypharmacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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D019338
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.698
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polypharmacy" by people in Profiles.
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Managing medications among individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: Patient-caregiver perspectives. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Oct; 72(10):3011-3021.
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Evaluation of the key geriatric assessment constructs in primary brain tumor population - a descriptive study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 11; 13(8):1194-1202.
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Predictive ability of a drug-based score in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer receiving first-line immunotherapy. Eur J Cancer. 2021 06; 150:224-231.
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Differential influence of antibiotic therapy and other medications on oncological outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line pembrolizumab versus cytotoxic chemotherapy. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 04; 9(4).
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Chronic Medication Use in Children Insured by Medicaid: A Multistate Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2019 04; 143(4).
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Asthma in the older adult. J Asthma. 2020 03; 57(3):241-252.
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Preoperative Management of Medications. Anesthesiol Clin. 2018 Dec; 36(4):663-675.
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Patient-Centered Anesthesia Triage System Predicts ASA Physical Status. Anesth Analg. 2017 06; 124(6):1957-1962.
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Changes in Medication Use After Dementia Diagnosis in an Observational Cohort of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 01; 65(1):77-82.
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Survivorship care for older adults with cancer: U13 conference report. J Geriatr Oncol. 2016 07; 7(4):305-12.