polypharmacy
noun
poly·phar·ma·cy
ˌpä-li-ˈfär-mə-sē
: the practice of administering many different medicines especially concurrently for the treatment of a single disease
also
: the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient to treat usually coexisting conditions and which may result in adverse drug interactions
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