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Managing medications in clinically complex elders: "There's got to be a happy medium".

[The theriac Diatessaron; oligopharmacy against polypharmacy].

[Unfortunate drug use in the elderly].

Polypharmacy correlates with increased risk for hip fracture in the elderly: a population-based study.

Effect of systemic medications on onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy.

"Take ten minutes": a dedicated ten minute medication review reduces polypharmacy in the elderly.

Medicine management: pharmacokinetic update for community nurses.

[Study of the use of medicine in elderly living in a city in the South of Santa Catarina (Brazil): a look at the polymedication].

Beta-blockers, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and the risk of hyperkalemia requiring hospitalization in the elderly: a nested case-control study.

Use of proton-pump inhibitors and their associated risks among frail elderly nursing home residents.

Effectiveness and safety of milnacipran treatment for a patient with delusional disorder, somatic type taking multiple medications for concomitant physical diseases.

[Difficulties in pharmacotherapy of the elderly].

Avoiding drug interactions: here's help.

Prevalence and typology of potential drug interactions occurring in primary care patients.

[Short-term complications related to antihypertensive drugs. Reference to MEDIDA and HYVET studies].

The treatment of co-morbidities in older patients with metastatic cancer.

Analysis of drug prescriptions in primary health care centres in Bahrain.

A Conversation: Polypharmacy in the Nursing Home

Persistent antipsychotic polypharmacy and excessive dosing in the community psychiatric treatment setting: a review of medication profiles in 435 Canadian outpatients.

General medicine and surgery for dental practitioners. Part 1 - the older patient.