The relationship between polypharmacy and recovery of activities of daily living among convalescent stroke patients: A propensity score-matched analysis

Conclusions These findings suggested that polypharmacy negatively affects stroke rehabilitation outcomes. Thus, pharmacists should make attempts to respond to individual patient outcomes to optimize prescriptions, which may minimize the brunt of polypharmacy on patient outcomes.
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research