Polypharmacy occurs when a person is taking many different medications at the same time.

This often happens when a person has many chronic diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure, osteoporosis, and/or symptoms such as pain or insomnia, requiring long-term treatment with medications. Chronic diseases and symptoms accumulate with age; for this reason, older adults are at higher risk of polypharmacy.

Topic: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology

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多元药房

当一个人同时服用多种药物时，就会发生多元药房。

当一个人患有许多慢性疾病，例如糖尿病，高血压，心力衰竭，骨质疏松症和/或症状（例如疼痛或失眠），需要长期接受药物治疗时，通常会发生这种情况。慢性疾病和症状会随着年龄的增长而累积；因此，老年人处于多药店的风险较高。

主题：临床药学与药理学