Polypharmacy and Medication Interaction Risk Assessment

Calculates polypharmacy risk score from total medication count, assesses anticholinergic burden (ACB scale), Beers criteria inappropriate medication identification in elderly, and scores drug-drug interaction severity

Each component has a specific meaning:

• Assesses anticholinergic burden — The assesses anticholinergic burden recorded for the scenario being assessed.
• Beers criteria inappropriate medication identification in elderly — The beers criteria inappropriate medication identification in elderly recorded for the scenario being assessed.

Note: Interpret the polypharmacy risk score result against the thresholds and context described above.

Enter the assesses anticholinergic burden, Beers criteria inappropriate medication identification in elderly for the scenario you are assessing. Calculates polypharmacy risk score from total medication count, assesses anticholinergic burden (ACB scale), Beers criteria inappropriate medication identification in elderly, and scores drug-drug interaction severity. Use the polypharmacy risk score result to inform your calculation.