ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 3

Polypharmacy in prescribing drugs to elderly patients

1Teacher, Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

2Teacher, Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Email id: rustamovamaxmudova@bk.ru

3Teacher, Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Online Published on 22 April, 2022.

Abstract

A certain contribution to the appointment of OZLS is made by doctors following the recommendations for managing patients with a certain nosology, which in most cases are based on randomized controlled clinical trials, specifically excluding elderly people with multimorbidity. We compared patients with no prescriptions for OPZD and patients with similar prescriptions in their medical records. Student's t-test for normal distribution of variables or Mann-Whitney test for non-normal distribution of variables was used. The most common drug. The ones identified as MEPs were vasodilators, aspirin, and 1st generation antihistamines.

Keywords

Multimorbidity, Antihistamines, Nosology