Multidrug use positively correlates with high-risk prescriptions in the Japanese elderly: a longitudinal study.

Sayaka AraiTakahiro IshikawaHisaya KatoMasaya KoshizakaYoshio MaezawaTakako NakamuraTakaaki SuzukiKoutaro YokoteItsuko Ishii

Published in: Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences (2019)

The number of PIMs and overlapping DSAs were high in patients receiving multidrug treatment. To avoid adverse events and hospitalization, it might be useful to review prescriptions and consider the number of PIMs and overlapping DSAs.

Keyphrases

drug resistant
middle aged
combination therapy
community dwelling