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Research indicates that over 40% of older adults take five or more medications, a scenario known as polypharmacy, which has nearly doubled in frequency over the past 20 years
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Key findings regarding medication use in seniors include
Rising Usage: The mean number of medications increased from 3.0 in 1999–2000 to 4.3 in 2017–2020.
High-Volume Users: Nearly 1 in 5 adults aged 65 and older take 10 or more medications.
Most Common Medications: The top prescriptions for seniors… read more
To members taking 5 or more meds, are you satisfied with the results? Is your med team doing a good job monitoring and managing this mix? Are you actively tracking the affect of diet & activities?
Yep taking 6 meds at 68.but they are working good
Brenda 715 Have a Happy Easter.
I take about 11, all kinds. Good one's, some not to good. I like the energy meds.
Yeah almost 68 y/o and prior to my afib ad stroke at 59 I was on 2 prescriptions now I'm on 9 that after neurology stopping one and I stopped the other, cut another one's dosage i half and going to try and stop it in 3 months. Pharma is getting out of hand what do I really need and what don't I.
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