Guidelines, polypharmacy, and drug-drug interactions in patients with multimorbidity: A cascade of failure

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Marengoni, Alessandra ^a,b   Onder, Graziano ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Section of Pharmacovigilance   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYPHARMACY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; CONTRAINDICATIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84926343057     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1059     Document Type: Editorial

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