Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern · 05 Sep 2026
Almost 8 million over 50s are taking 5 medicines a day - the threshold for #polypharmacy - About 2.2 million take 10 drugs a day. For frail, elderly patients drugs can have cumulative, harmful effects and the NHS just isn't geared up to tackle the problem: #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/hIocoEt15q
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