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Poly-pharmacy and adherence to treatments, a public health problem

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Derrick corea

The increase in life expectancy in Spain, currently in 82 years, leads to an increasing intake of medication by elderly patients.

By means of an integrated management, a more adequate service to the poly medicated patient can be offered and contribute to adherence to the treatment.

The total number of medications prescribed and the age of the patients already indicates that we must make a greater effort so that the medication they take generates the expected results.

We often read headlines such as "The 10 keys to managing poly-pharmacy", with similar claims or recommendations.

In short, poly-medicated patient management and adherence is not an easy job.

Although the word management does not please everyone, if we want to act in an appropriate way, integrated management is the only possible solution, although it seems very elementary.

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