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Addressing the Challenge of Polypharmacy (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Wilson, M., & Dreischulte, T. (2020). Addressing the Challenge of Polypharmacy. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 60(1), 661-681. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010919-023508

Polypharmacy describes the concomitant use of multiple medicines and represents a growing global challenge attributable to aging populations with an increasing prevalence of multimorbidity. Polypharmacy can be appropriate but is problematic when the... Read More about Addressing the Challenge of Polypharmacy.

Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases (2019)
Journal Article
Bousquet, J. J., the ARIA Study Group, Schünemann, H. J., Togias, A., Erhola, M., Hellings, P. W., …the MASK Study Group. (2019). Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases. Clinical and Transla

Background In all societies, the burden and cost of allergic and chronic respiratory diseases are increasing rapidly. Most economies are struggling to deliver modern health care effectively. There is a need to support the transformation of the healt... Read More about Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases.

The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Wilson, M., & Dreischulte, T. (2019). The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing. Prescriber, 30(8), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.1779

Since 2012, NHS Scotland has published a series of polypharmacy guidelines to help clinicians address the many medication‐related problems arising from multimorbidity. Here, Alpana Mair, Chair of the guideline group, Martin Wilson and Tobias Dreischu... Read More about The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing.

Medication Safety in Transitions of Care: Technical Report (2019)
Report
World Health Organisation. (2019). Medication Safety in Transitions of Care: Technical Report. Geneva: WHO

Medication discrepancies impact almost every patient that moves across transitions of care, e.g. admission to or discharge from hospital. WHO urges countries to prioritise early and sustained action to reduce medication-related harm arising at transi... Read More about Medication Safety in Transitions of Care: Technical Report.

Polypharmacy and pharmacovigilance: How they relate and why it matters (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A. (2019). Polypharmacy and pharmacovigilance: How they relate and why it matters. Uppsala Reports, 80, 12-13

Patients with multiple medical conditions – and, consequently, needing multiple medications – present one of the greatest challenges currently facing health services.

ARIA pharmacy 2018 “Allergic rhinitis care pathways for community pharmacy”: AIRWAYS ICPs initiative (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, DG CONNECT and DG Santé), 
POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis), 
GARD Demonstration project (2019)
Journal Article
Bosnic‐Anticevich, S., Costa, E., Menditto, E., Lourenço, O., Novellino, E., Bialek, S., …Bousquet, J. (2019). ARIA pharmacy 2018 “Allergic rhinitis care pathways for community pharmacy”: AIRWAYS ICPs initiative (European Innovation Partnership o

Pharmacists are trusted health care professionals. Many patients use over‐the‐counter (OTC) medications and are seen by pharmacists who are the initial point of contact for allergic rhinitis management in most countries. The role of pharmacists in in... Read More about ARIA pharmacy 2018 “Allergic rhinitis care pathways for community pharmacy”: AIRWAYS ICPs initiative (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, DG CONNECT and DG Santé), 
POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis), 
GARD Demonstration project.

Age-Related Medicine (2019)
Journal Article
Wahlich, J., Orlu, M., Mair, A., Stegemann, S., & van Riet-Nales, D. (2019). Age-Related Medicine. Pharmaceutics, 11(4), Article 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics11040172

A meeting organised by the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences focussed on the challenges of developing medicines for older adults. International experts discussed the complexity introduced by polypharmacy and multiple morbidities and how the risk–ben... Read More about Age-Related Medicine.

Adherence to treatment in allergic rhinitis using mobile technology. The MASK Study (2019)
Journal Article
Sheikh, A., De Vries, G., Anto, J. M., Annesi‐Maesano, I., Wickman, M., Hellings, P. W., …Menditto, E. (2019). Adherence to treatment in allergic rhinitis using mobile technology. The MASK Study. Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Background Mobile technology may help to better understand the adherence to treatment. MASK‐rhinitis (Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK for allergic rhinitis) is a patient‐centred ICT system. A mobile phone app (the Allergy Diary) central to MASK is a... Read More about Adherence to treatment in allergic rhinitis using mobile technology. The MASK Study.

EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research (2019)
Journal Article
Seppala, L. J., van der Velde, N., Masud, T., Blain, H., Petrovic, M., van der Cammen, T. J., …the EuGMS Special Interest Group on Pharmacology. (2019). EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Disseminati

Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role o... Read More about EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research.