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Polypharmacy: Doing the right thing for older people is difficult
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Polypharmacy: Doing the right thing for older people is difficult
Sunday 1 October 2023, 12:30 AM
The trick with polypharmacy is to keep juggling, but never forget the person at the centre of the juggle [Image: Yi Liu on Unsplash]
Specialist GP Ngaire Kerse discusses new criteria that can be used to identify older patients with polypharmacy at the highest risk of avoidable medication-related harm
Key points, Recent research identified 61 New Zealand-specific potentially inappropriate medication indicators for older adults with polypharmacy, which experts r, Education Blue W/ Grey Background W/ Padding
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References
1. Liu L, Harrison J. Development of explicit criteria identifying potentially inappropriate polypharmacy in older adults in New Zealand primary care: a mixed-methods study. J Prim Health Care 2023;15(1):38–47.
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