22ME23 Panel: Reducing Medication Prescriptions and Side Effects in our Elders with K. Proefrock, M. Rondeau & D. Yance from food biochemistry Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 50 min 19 sec ✓ Published: 11-Jul-2022
Description: “Overmedication is the use of drugs that are not clinically indicated and are given in an inappropriate or overly aggressive manner even when nonpharmacologic alternatives are more suitable. This is an extension of polypharmacy and is caused when age-related changes in pharmacokinetics, pharmaco-dynamics, and potential drug interactions are ignored, when inappropriate drugs are used, or when a drug is prescribed for the wrong diagnosis in elderly individuals. Overmedication can cause adverse d
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