People who use combination medicines may or may not be captured as having #polypharmacy depending on whether the active ingredients in each product are considered.

Read more about measuring polypharmacy in our new publication: doi.org/10.1007/s110...

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How do you count #polypharmacy? By the number of active ingredients or unique products? We measured it, there’s a difference and it is significant. The full manuscript is now available: doi.org/10.1007/s110...

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How do you define polypharmacy? Polypharmacy prevalence varied by 27% depending on the counting method and types of medicines included. New research here: doi.org/10.1007/s110...