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DESCRIPTION: "Polypharmacy" means many pills and in this episode health care professionals discuss the possible problems and potential adverse drug reactions that come with consuming multiple medications. Medical editor Dr. Richard Holm and host Tami Watson discuss this issue with Dr. Paul Amundson from DakotaCare and pharmacist Bill Ladwig from Lewis Drug, Inc. TOPICS: polypharmacy, drug interactions, multiple medications in the elderly, supplements, prescriptions, pharmacists. GUESTS/INTERVIEWS: Paul Amundson, MD - DakotaCare; Bill Ladwig - Lewis Drugs, Inc.; Dennis Hedge, PharmD - Dean, SDSU College of Pharmacy; Brenda Johnson, RN - Brookings Health System/Brookview Manor; Stacy Tessler Lindau, M.D., M.A.P.P. - The University of Chicago Medical Center; Dima M. Qato, Pharm.D., M.P.H. - The University of Chicago Medical Center.