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BMC Medicine· 2015Q1

The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions: population database analysis 1995–2010

Bruce Guthrie, Boikanyo Makubate, Virginia Hernandez Santiago, Tobias Dreischulte

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Between 1995 and 2010, the proportion of adults taking 5+ drugs doubled to 20.8%, and those taking 10+ drugs tripled to 5.8%, with potentially serious drug-drug interactions more than doubling to 13% of adults.

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Field: Geriatrics and Gerontology

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