| Nearly all users with at least five drugs in long-term use reported at least one common symptom at the start of a clinical medication review. |
| More than half of the patients considered at least one drug in use to be responsible for a symptom experienced. |
| Concomitant use of drugs with the same side effect as listed in their summary of product characteristics increased the risk to patients reporting the corresponding symptoms of ‘constipation’, ‘diarrhoea’, ‘dry mouth/thirst, mouth complaints’ and ‘sweating’. |
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