Trends in central nervous system-active polypharmacy among people with multiple sclerosis

• Published in: Multiple sclerosis Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 1139 - 1150
• Main Authors: Naizer, Hayden, Wozny, Joseph, Krause, Trudy Millard, Huson, Ethan, Freeman, Leorah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Central Nervous System Agents - therapeutic use; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multiple Sclerosis - drug therapy; Polypharmacy; Prevalence; United States - epidemiology; Young Adult; United States; Polypharmacy; CNS-active polypharmacy; central nervous system-active polypharmacy; psychotropic polypharmacy; claims analysis; pharmacoepidemiology

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) are at risk of concurrently using multiple central nervous system (CNS)-active drugs, yet the prevalence of CNS-active polypharmacy remains unmeasured in pwMS. Objective: The objective is to measure the prevalence of CNS-active polypharmacy in pwMS....