This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Polypharmacy and drug-drug interaction metabolomics. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific ...

Roughly one in nine Americans aged 65 and older is exposed to a prescription drug combination flagged as a major drug-drug ...

Needing to frequently adjust drug dosages in patients who are prescribed multiple medications could point to drug-drug interactions that had not been previously known, suggest study findings published ...

Analysis of data from more than 1 million Danish inpatients identifies nearly 4,000 drug pairings that are associated with more frequent dosage adjustments when prescribed together—potentially hinting ...

Managing complex medical conditions often requires the simultaneous use of multiple different drugs, referred to as polypharmacy. While necessary, this significantly increases the risk of drug-drug ...

In a recent study published in PLOS Digital Health, researchers investigated the complexity of polypharmacy and whether frequent dose adjustments were required for co-medications and drug pairs in ...

The study reveals obesity's role in polypharmacy, indicating that reducing obesity may lower medication burden and enhance ...

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Polypharmacy rarely starts with a mistake. It starts with care. Nearly 42% of adults 65 and older are taking five or more prescription medications, and 12% are on ten or more at the same time, a ...

Taking medicine is a normal part of life for many older adults. A person may have one tablet for blood pressure, another for ...

Drug-drug interactions are common in older adults who have psychiatric disorders, according to a new study. Investigators from Nanjing Medical University in China analyzed medical records for 308 ...