The phrase "additional medication use" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the use of more than one type of medication or the need for extra medication in a treatment plan.
Example: "The doctor recommended monitoring the patient's additional medication use to avoid potential interactions."
Alternatives: "extra medication consumption" or "supplementary medication usage".
In addition, records of health care contacts and additional medication use due to COPD are registered on patients' prospective daily diary cards.
This study aimed to (1) identify unintentional deaths in Australia associated with use of combination analgesic products containing paracetamol, codeine and doxylamine; (2) describe cases characteristics, including demographics and additional medication use; and (3) identify common factors associated with misuse and mortality of these medicines in Australia.
At 1 year, non-HDL cholesterol was lower in the ILI cohort compared with the DSE subjects, and this was achieved without additional medication use.
With respect to additional medication use, 21/44 of participants in the NET group and 20/46 of participants the placebo group reported using medications other than those prescribed for their thyroid condition.
In a fully adjusted model including age, sex, education, partner status, country, (additional) medication use, anxiety, depression, mastery, outdoor physical activity, BMI, number of chronic diseases and seasonal weather patterns simultaneously, the association between weather sensitivity and joint pain was decreased (B = 0.37, p = 0.03) (see Model 3 in Table 2).
The additional medications used included epidural fentanyl [ 5] and morphine [ 2, 23, 24] as well as IM bupivacaine [ 21, 25] and IM and IV methylprednisolone [ 20, 25].
This study highlights an important feature of trials that compare medications between treatment groups in that patients may receive additional medications used in other treatment arms, which has the potential to bias results toward the null.
The pharmaceutical consultant asks the patient how medication is used (to see whether the use is correct), whether medication is not in use anymore or whether additional medication is used.
After 3, 6 and 9 months the inclusion questionnaires on pain characteristics, additional symptoms, medication use, healthcare use, GP management and the functional pain index were sent by post.
Participants were asked to note any changes in their health and any additional medication they used for their knee pain.
Additional information on medication use including corticosteroids, heparin, and thyroid replacement was also collected.
