Medication use and polypharmacy in patients referred to a tertiary gastroenterology practice

Abstract

Introduction. Commonly prescribed medications are associated with various gastrointestinal (GI) side effects but few data are available on prescription medication use and polypharmacy in a gastroenterology outpatient practice. We aimed to examine the prevalence of polypharmacy, defined as the simultaneous use of 5 or more medications.

Keywords

• adverse effects
• gastrointestinal
• polypharmacy
• prescription medicine