ASK THE DOCTORS
Dear Doctors: I’m a 74-year-old woman in good health. During any medical visit, if I have any issues, I’m prescribed an additional medication. I don’t feel like the list of medications is reviewed, it just gets added to. What advice can you offer to narrow down all the medications?
Dear Reader: You are voicing concern about something known as polypharmacy.
This is when a person is prescribed multipl…