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From Healing to Harm: The Unintended Consequences of Polypharmacy in Seniors

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The side effects can compound, resulting in a greater negative impact on a patient’s health than the individual effects of one medication alone. study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that nearly 20% of older adults on new medications experienced a prescribing cascade (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2012). Campbell, N.