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polypharmacy

[pol″e-fahr´mah-se]

1. the administration of many drugs together.

2. administration of excessive medication.

pol·y·phar·ma·cy

(pol'ē-far'mă-sē),

The administration of multiple drugs at the same time.
See also: shotgun prescription.

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polypharmacy

(pŏl′ē-fär′mə-sē)

The practice of prescribing multiple medications for an individual patient, especially excessively, for a single disease.

polypharmacy

Therapeutics The use of mutiple drugs to treat one or a limited number of conditions; it is most common in elderly Pts. See Therapeutic drug monitoring.

pol·y·phar·ma·cy

(pol'ē-fahr'mă-sē)

The administration of many drugs at the same time.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

polypharmacy

A mildly facetious term for the generally disapproved practice of prescribing several different drugs to one person at the same time. Polypharmacy increases the risk of unwanted side effects and of dangerous interactions between different drugs.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

pol·y·phar·ma·cy

(pol'ē-fahr'mă-sē)

Administration of multiple drugs simultaneously.

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