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Multi-dose drug dispensing and inappropriate drug use: a nationwide register-based study of over 700 000 elderly.

July 9, 2008

Johnell K, Fastbom J. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2008;26(2):86-91.

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Multi-dose drug dispensing, in which patients receive their medications packaged together for each dose (and not separated by individual medication), was associated with higher use of potentially inappropriate medications, but not with an increased rate of drug–drug interactions.

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