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Polypharmacy in the senior adult patient

Corcoran, 2004

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12650784765519817070
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Corcoran M
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Comprehensive geriatric oncology

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In the past, when an apothecary compounded medications, polypharmacy referred to the mixing of many drugs in one prescription. 1, 2 Today, polypharmacy is predominantly defined as the concurrent use of several different medications, including more than one …
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