Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of five or more medications, is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions. While deprescribing unnecessary drugs can combat this ...

Purpose: Types of medication misunderstanding among community-dwelling elderly people were studied. Methods: Community-dwelling people who were at least 65 years of age and who volunteered to ...

Older adults in long-term care facilities are being prescribed newer psychiatric medications that were approved with little ...

A pharmacist-led collaborative medication management service reduced problems associated with polypharmacy in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Older adults with chronic kidney disease ...

Dermatology Nursing. 2004;16(6):547-548. The adapted Beers' Criteria (HCFA Guidelines for Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly) identifies medications noted by an expert panel to have ...

As a population cohort, the elderly are more dependent upon prescription drugs than any other group. Yet Medicare, the federally operated health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, stands ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. High environmental temperatures challenge the physiological defenses of older individuals. Certain prescription ...

Geriatric medication management: Evaluation of pharmacist interventions and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older (≥65 years) cancer patients No significant financial relationships ...

Breast Cancer in nonagenarians: Single institutional experience in development country. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...