Prevalence and Correlates of Polypharmacy, and Drug Utilization Pattern in a Semi-urban Population: Results from the Pars Cohort Study.

Mohammad Reza Akbari Alireza KamalipourMahsa PakrooBita MesgarpourHossein PoustchiZahra MohammadiAbdullah GandomkarHossein Molavi Vardanjani

Published in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2023)

The prevalence of polypharmacy in our sample was relatively low, especially among males. Cardiovascular drugs, acid suppressants, hormonal contraceptives, and anti-anemic preparations are drug classes with the highest contribution to polypharmacy.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
risk factors
drug induced
emergency department
type diabetes
electronic health record
skeletal muscle