polypharmacy
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polypharmacy
[pol″e-fahr´mah-se]1. the administration of many drugs together.
2. administration of excessive medication.
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pol·y·phar·ma·cy
(pol'ē-far'mă-sē),The administration of multiple drugs at the same time.
See also: shotgun prescription.
See also: shotgun prescription.
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polypharmacy
(pŏl′ē-fär′mə-sē)n.
The practice of prescribing multiple medications for an individual patient, especially excessively, for a single disease.
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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.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
pol·y·phar·ma·cy
(pol'ē-fahr'mă-sē)The administration of many drugs at the same time.
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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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