The use of medicament in the elderly
- Author:
Pham -- Thang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical using, Aged
- MeSH:
aged;
Therapeutics;
Pharmacokinetics
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(4):11-15
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
To effectively and safely treat diseases for the older, it needs to thorough understand the changes of pharmacokinetics such as absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drug; of pharmacodynamics and side-effects of drugs; of drug interactions, including interactions between drug and drug, or between drug and disease; to obey the principles of prescription for older by basic access, adjustment of dose... Incompliance of drug use is a big problem that often be forgotten in the treatment, and accounted for 50% of older patients. Impaired cognitive performance in older is one cause of incompliance
