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Case Reports
. 2013 Oct 1;185(14):1240-5.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.122012. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

Managing polypharmacy in a 77-year-old woman with multiple prescribers

Barbara Farrell, Véronique French Merkley, Wade Thompson
Case Reports

Managing polypharmacy in a 77-year-old woman with multiple prescribers

Barbara Farrell et al. CMAJ. .
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Interplay between the medications of a 77-year-old woman referred to a geriatric day hospital and their possible effects on sedation, cognition, constipation and risk of falls. CNS = central nervous system.
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