Updated 28/08/2026
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Plain-language summary of research published in the Georgian Medical Journal. Written for the general public by the GMJ News editorial team.
Polypharmacy — patients taking multiple medications simultaneously — is a growing global challenge, especially among older adults managing several conditions at once. A review in the Georgian Medical Journal examines pharmacist-led interventions as a strategy to make that multi-drug reality safer rather than simply accepting its risks.
Justified Complexity, Real Risk
Multiple pharmacological therapies are frequently clinically justified — a patient with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease genuinely needs medication for each. But inappropriate prescribing within that complexity increases the risk of adverse drug reactions, hospitalisation, and reduced adherence, particularly as the number of medications climbs and the chance of harmful interactions or duplicated effects grows with it.
Where Pharmacists Fit In
Pharmacist-led interventions — medication reviews, reconciliation, deprescribing conversations, and structured monitoring — have emerged specifically as a strategy to optimise pharmacotherapy and improve patient outcomes in exactly this multimorbidity context, positioning pharmacists as an active safety layer rather than a passive dispensing function.
At a glance — the headline figures.
For health systems managing an ageing population with rising multimorbidity, the review’s implication is straightforward: pharmacist involvement in medication management isn’t a peripheral service, but a direct lever for reducing preventable harm from the very medications meant to help patients in the first place.
Read the Original Research
Original article: Too Many Pills: How Pharmacists Are Solving Medicine’s Polypharmacy Problem
Published in: Georgian Medical Journal, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026)
DOI: 10.66636/gmj.v1.i2.a41
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Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) · ISSN 3088-4322 · gmj.ge · Open Access CC BY 4.0 · Published by the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). This summary is an independent editorial product of GMJ News; for clinical decisions, consult the original peer-reviewed article and a qualified professional.
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