polypharmacy

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine}} The use of multiple [[drug]]s to treat multiple concurrent [[disorder]]s in the same (now especially elderly) patient, chiefly with connotations of indiscriminate or excessive prescription (involving [[overmedication]] and [[overprescription]]). {{defdate|from 18th c.}}

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