{
  "id": 17070337,
  "title": "Excessive polypharmacy and complex medication regimens are associated with greater physician burden",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/excessive-polypharmacy-and-complex-medication-regimens-are-associated",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:10:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-excessive-polypharmacy-complex-medication-regimens.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Patients receiving home-based medical care are often older adults with multiple chronic conditions, and polypharmacy, commonly defined as the concurrent use of multiple medications, is prevalent in this population. However, the challenges of medication management extend beyond the number of prescribed medications.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}