polypharmacy - CISMeF

Preferred Label : polypharmacy;

MeSH definition : The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992);

MeSH synonym : Polymedication;

MeSH annotation : note category: do not confuse with POLYPHARMACOLOGY, the design or use of drugs acting on multiple targets or pathways or with PHARMACOLOGY, the discipline or with DRUG COMBINATIONS or with POLYCHEMOTHERAPY see DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypharmacy;

Details

Origin ID

D019338;

UMLS CUI

C2922974;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Complex Medication Regime [ICNP diagnostic]
- Polymedication [MedDRA LLT]
- Polypharmacy [ICNP subject]
- Polypharmacy [LOINC component]
- Polypharmacy [ICNP diagnostic]
- Polypharmacy (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- drug combinations [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- polypharmacy [MeSH concept]
See also
- Medical Overuse [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug antagonism [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug combinations [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug overdose [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug therapy, combination [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Multiple Chronic Conditions [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Complex Medication Regime [ICNP diagnostic]
- Polymedication [MedDRA LLT]
- Polypharmacy [ICNP diagnostic]
- Polypharmacy [LOINC component]
- Polypharmacy (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]

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