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Managing medication in the elderly
1Department of Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Hospital Practice (1995)
|June 15, 1995
Abstract:
The elderly receive 30% of all prescriptions and buy 40% of all OTC drugs. In addition to the potential pitfalls inherent to age-related changes in bioavailability and clearance, there are less well-known hazards in prescribing for the aged. Many drugs, for example, have powerful anticholinergic properties, and a generic agent may differ markedly from both the brand drug and another generic version.