polypharmacy
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noun
- The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same (now especially elderly) patient, chiefly with connotations of indiscriminate or excessive prescription (involving overmedication and overprescription).
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From poly- + pharmacy, after Ancient Greek πολυφάρμακος (poluphármakos).
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