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A 50‐year‐old obese man with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia has made arrangements to see his general practitioner to review his medications. He is on three different drugs for his diabetes, four different anti‐hypertensives, a statin for his cholesterol and a dispersible aspirin. These medications have been added over a period of 2 years despite him not having any symptoms and he feels that if anything they are giving him symptoms of fatigue and muscle ache. He has also read recently that aspirin may actually be bad for patients with diabetes. He is keen to know why he is on so many medications, if the way he is feeling is due to the medications and whether they are interfering with the action of each other. What knowledge might help the general practitioner deal with this?