polypharmacy

polypharmacy
a) The use of multiple drugs in a single prescription
b) The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same patient; especially the indiscriminate prescription of many drugs to elderly patients

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  • Polypharmacy — Pol y*phar ma*cy, n. [Poly + Gr. ? the using of medicine, fr. ? medicine: cf. F. polypharmacie.] (Med.) (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. (b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. Dunglison. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Polypharmacy — The term polypharmacy generally refers to the use of multiple medications by a patient. The term is used when too many forms of medication are used by a patient, more drugs are prescribed than clinically warranted,Fulton MM, Allen ER.… …   Wikipedia

  • polypharmacy — /pol ee fahr meuh see/, n. Pharm. the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease. [1755 65; POLY + PHARMACY] * * * …   Universalium

  • polypharmacy — The administration of many drugs at the same time. SEE ALSO: shotgun prescription. * * * poly·phar·ma·cy fär mə sē n, pl cies the practice of administering many different medicines esp. concurrently for the treatment of the same disease * * * n.… …   Medical dictionary

  • polypharmacy — poly·pharmacy …   English syllables

  • polypharmacy — n. treatment of a patient with more than one type of medicine …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • polypharmacy —   n. treatment with many medicines for same disease.    ♦ polypharmacon, n. medicine containing many ingredients …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • polypharmacy — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: poly + pharmacy : the practice of administering many different medicines especially concurrently for the treatment of the same disease …   Useful english dictionary

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