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Prevalence of Poly-pharmacy in the Elderly: Implications of Age, Gender, Co-morbidities and Drug Interactions

Mubarak Nasser Al Ameri

SOJ Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2014 · 26 citations · 20 references

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Elderly patients are at greater risk for adverse drug events due to metabolic changes which will be proportionately increased with the number of drugs used. In addition, Poly-

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