Older people on medley of medicines risk life-threatening harm

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Older people on medley of medicines risk life-threatening harm
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Age UK says unintended interactions between different medicines can be dangerous

About 2 million elderly people in the UK are on at least seven different medications and at risk of potentially life-threatening harm from interactions between the drugs or side-effects from pills that are no longer right for them.

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