A Key Feature of Polypharmacy Is

question 9

Multiple Choice

A key feature of polypharmacy is:

• A) self-diagnosing and medicating.
• B) using many different pharmacies to purchase medicines.
• C) the excessive or unnecessary use of medicines.
• D) a reluctance to use complementary therapies.

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Definitions:

Ethical Concerns

Issues or situations that require a person or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical).

Genetic Factors

Inherited elements from parents that influence an individual's traits, characteristics, and susceptibility to certain conditions.

Schizophrenia

A complex, long-term medical illness, affecting about 1% of Americans, characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior, including hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.

Concordance Rate

The statistical measure indicating the likelihood of two related individuals both exhibiting a particular trait or disorder.