Characterising polypharmacy in the very old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study.

Characterising polypharmacy in the very old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study.

<h4>Background</h4>Polypharmacy is potentially harmful and under-researched amongst the fastest growing subpopulation, the very old (aged ≥85). We aimed to characterise polypharmacy using data from the Newcastle 85+ Study-a prospective cohort of people born in 1921 who turned 85 in 2006...

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Main Authors: Laurie E Davies, Andrew Kingston, Adam Todd, Barbara Hanratty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245648&type=printable
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