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Research shows 10 or more medications are prescribed to older heart failure patients – News-Medical.Net
More than half of older patients hospitalized for heart failure, a progressive condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should, are dischar…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 13 2020
More than half of older patients hospitalized for heart failure, a progressive condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should, are discharged from the hospital with prescriptions for 10 or more medications, according to new research published today in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
High medication burden, also known as polypharmacy, is commonly associated with adverse events and reactions. A…
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