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Handling polypharmacy--a qualitative study using focus group interviews with older patients, their relatives, and healthcare professionals.

Mikkelsen TH, Søndergaard J, Kjaer NK, et al. Handling polypharmacy –a qualitative study using focus group interviews with older patients, their relatives, and healthcare professionals. BMC Geriatr. 2023;23(1):477. doi:10.1186/s12877-023-04131-6.

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September 13, 2023
Mikkelsen TH, Søndergaard J, Kjaer NK, et al. BMC Geriatr. 2023;23(1):477.
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Older adults taking 5 or more medications daily (i.e., polypharmacy) face numerous challenges to taking them safely. In this study, patients, caregivers, and clinicians describe methods to taking medications safely, difficulties they face, and ways prescribers and pharmacists can assist patients. Medication reviews, a common strategy to ensure safe polypharmacy, were requested by patients to clear up confusion around generics, timing, limitations, and side effects.

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Mikkelsen TH, Søndergaard J, Kjaer NK, et al. Handling polypharmacy –a qualitative study using focus group interviews with older patients, their relatives, and healthcare professionals. BMC Geriatr. 2023;23(1):477. doi:10.1186/s12877-023-04131-6.