polypharmacy Archives - Dr Carolyn Dean MD ND https://drcarolyndean.com/tag/polypharmacy/ The Doctor of the Future Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:04:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://drcarolyndean.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-dr-carolyn-dean-md-nd-website-32x32.png polypharmacy Archives - Dr Carolyn Dean MD ND https://drcarolyndean.com/tag/polypharmacy/ 32 32 How Common Is Polypharmacy in Old Age? https://drcarolyndean.com/how-common-is-polypharmacy-in-old-age/ Sun, 05 May 2019 16:55:49 +0000 http://drcarolyndean.com/?p=14411 You notice from my blog title, which is same as the Medscape article “How Chronic Is Polypharmacy in Old Age?” they are not asking IF there is polypharmacy in old … Continue reading How Common Is Polypharmacy in Old Age?

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]]> The Future of Medicine? https://drcarolyndean.com/the-future-of-medicine-3/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:00:28 +0000 http://drcarolyndean.com/?p=14123 The future of medicine is unfortunately in the hands of Big Pharma; it’s got nothing to do with patients anymore or even doctors for that matter. I think most doctors, … Continue reading The Future of Medicine?

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]]> Polypharmacy in the Elderly https://drcarolyndean.com/polypharmacy-in-the-elderly/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:43:53 +0000 http://drcarolyndean.com/?p=13987 There is nothing new in this headline except the number of prescriptions to seniors has increased. “People in their silver years are golden geese to Big Pharma: More than half … Continue reading Polypharmacy in the Elderly

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]]> America’s Other Drug Problem https://drcarolyndean.com/americas-other-drug-problem/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:13:53 +0000 http://drcarolyndean.com/?p=11055 “'America's Other Drug Problem': Copious Prescriptions for Hospitalized Elderly” is the title of an Aug 30, 2016 Medscape article. You get the gist from the title and it’s a problem that I’ve been writing about for years. As I’ve said many times, when I was in medical school, we were given a healthy respect for powerful medications and told to use them for as short a time as possible. Nowadays most doctors believe in polypharmacy and expect patients to take a handful of drugs for life, many of them as “preventive” measures.

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