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Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, and Drug-Drug Interactions in Vulnerable Older Adults With Advanced Cancer Initiating Cancer Treatment

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2022

Year

Erika Ramsdale, Mostafa Mohamed, Veronica Yu, Ethan Otto, Katherine M. Juba, Hala Awad, Kiran Moorthi, Sandy Plumb, Amita Patil, Nicholas J. Vogelzang,
The Oncologist

Abstract

In a cohort of vulnerable older adults with advanced cancer starting treatment, polypharmacy, PIM, and potential DDI/DCI are very common. Nonprescription medications are frequently PIMs and/or involved in potential DDI/DCI.

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