If you’re like a lot of people in their 60s and beyond, you may have developed a particular weekly ritual: doling out your prescription medications into a pill organizer. They’re handy devices. Without them, the task of remembering to take all of your medications, at the right time, every day...
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Polypharmacy = Poly-Problems
By John Swartzberg, MD, Chair, Wellness Letter Editorial Board
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