Patient & Caregiver Resources - Polypharmacy & Drugs

Elderly patients tend to have medical conditions that require them to take multiple drugs (polypharmacy). With each additional medication taken, they are at increased risk of adverse reactions from side effects and from interactions between drugs. Polypharmacy can also make drug regimens complex and difficult to follow correctly.*

• Information Sheets / Guides
• Advocacy Organizations

Information Sheets / Guides

• Medication use among senior Canadians - Click here
  Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 82-003-XPE
• Tips for Avoiding Problems with Polypharmacy - Click here
  Source: CMAJ - October 10, 2006; 175 (8)
• Tips for Safer Medication Use - Click here
  Source: Canadian Pharmacists Association
• What older adults, their families and friends need to know about…Medications - Click here
  Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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Advocacy Organizations

• Canadian Pharmacists Association - Click here

*Source: CMAJ - October 10, 2006; 175 (8)

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