NEWS
Polypharmacy is associated with increased all-cause mortality, macrovascular complications and hospitalization in older people with type 2 diabetes, according to a Portuguese study.
COMMENT
There is no doubt that ‘polypharmacy’, the simultaneous use of multiple pharmaceutical drugs, is highly dangerous. This is especially the case in older people. A study published in 2016 found that older people taking multiple pharmaceutical drugs face a significantly greater risk of frailty, disability and death. Following 1,705 men aged 70 and older over a nine-year period, the researchers found that each additional medication added to a patient’s regimen was associated with a 22 percent increased risk of going from a state of robust health to dying during the period of the study.
To learn how diabetes can be prevented and controlled using safe, natural health approaches, read this article on our website.
To read how vitamin C has been shown to lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, see this article on our website.
Read article on the Diabetes Times website (UK)
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NEWS
Polypharmacy is associated with increased all-cause mortality, macrovascular complications and hospitalization in older people with type 2 diabetes, according to a Portuguese study.
COMMENT
There is no doubt that ‘polypharmacy’, the simultaneous use of multiple pharmaceutical drugs, is highly dangerous. This is especially the case in older people. A study published in 2016 found that older people taking multiple pharmaceutical drugs face a significantly greater risk of frailty, disability and death. Following 1,705 men aged 70 and older over a nine-year period, the researchers found that each additional medication added to a patient’s regimen was associated with a 22 percent increased risk of going from a state of robust health to dying during the period of the study.
To learn how diabetes can be prevented and controlled using safe, natural health approaches, read this article on our website.
To read how vitamin C has been shown to lower blood pressure and blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, see this article on our website.
Read article on the Diabetes Times website (UK)Dr. Rath Health Foundation
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