It's obvious that physicians know that polypharmacy has its "goods" and "bads", its their business to diagnose and treat. You can see that doctors believe that the advantages outreach the dangers because they still put this synergism to use. Of course the experts of the trade are in the know about the dangers of such treatment but they prefer to take precautionary measures rather than dispose of polypharmacy. A major danger of polypharmacy is that fact that many people do not disclose over the counter meds they are on. One good point offered up in by an expert in an article i read at http://www.straightfromthedoc.com/ titled the dangers of taking too many pills, would be to advise people to keep an updated list of the meds they are on with them at all times and bring that list to every doctor you see. Also people need to have some knowledge about their medicines whether that be from a medical expert or on their own. Doctor's are going to keep using polypharmacy because it is an effective practice so maybe its time people (experts and patients) started taking measures to lessen the dangers. What measures do you make?
The doctors can help reduce the danger of polypharcy if patient can tell all the meds they take. They will keep on prescribing drugs but will it be beneficial.
ReplyDeleteIn general, prolonged use of any drug results in long term consequences. However, some drugs are necessary. To minimize risks, other "non-drug" medications needs to be considered. For example, taking drugs in order to sleep at night could be avoided by changing some lifestyle to enable being able to sleep in the night.
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if people were more comfortable about disclosing over the counter meds it might be easier for them disclose them henceforth helping lessen the dangerousness of polypharmacy. An example of how to make the situation more comfortable would be the way in which the care provider asks what they are taking
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