• 764 - Am I Taking Too Many Medications? Polypharmacy, Interactions, and Drug Cascades

  • Jun 3 2024
  • Length: 16 mins
  • Podcast

764 - Am I Taking Too Many Medications? Polypharmacy, Interactions, and Drug Cascades cover art

764 - Am I Taking Too Many Medications? Polypharmacy, Interactions, and Drug Cascades

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • About this episode: One in five U.S. adults is taking five or more prescription drugs at a time, often for years without reassessment of need, dosage, or possible interactions. Today, a look at polypharmacy and why it’s important for physicians to periodically check in with patients about all the prescription—and nonprescription—drugs they’re taking. The guests also discuss the importance of considering non-pharmaceutical treatments like physical or talk therapy, and empowering patients and their care partners to ask questions about what they’re being prescribed. Guests: is a geriatrician and faculty at Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is also a senior associate with the . is a geriatrician and faculty at Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is also a core faculty member of the . Host: Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the , the largest center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Show links and related content: Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us or . Follow us: Here's our
    Show More Show Less
Physical Illness & Disease Hygiene & Healthy Living Politics & Government
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about 764 - Am I Taking Too Many Medications? Polypharmacy, Interactions, and Drug Cascades

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.