Editorial Open Access
Volume 6 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Pharmacol.6.050
The Domino Effect of Polypharmacy. A Dangerous Catalyst That Starts Numerous Bio-Psycho-Social Chain Reactions
Jose Luis Turabian1,*
- 1Specialist in Family and Community Medicine, Health Center Santa Maria de Benquerencia, Regional Health Service of Castilla la Mancha (SESCAM), Toledo, Spain
Corresponding Author
Jose Luis Turabian, jturabianf@hotmail.com
Received Date: March 28, 2024
Accepted Date: April 01, 2024
Turabian JL. The Domino Effect of Polypharmacy. A Dangerous Catalyst That Starts Numerous Bio-Psycho-Social Chain Reactions. Arch Pharmacol Ther. 2024;6(1):21-23.
Copyright: © 2024 Turabian JL. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Drug interactions, Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions, Polypharmacy, Practice patterns, Inappropriate prescribing, General practice
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