The benefits of statins for secondary prevention, that being preventing a second heart attack or stroke, are well established. However, in older adults there is the lingering quest[...]
I read a health newsletter article the other day that was reviewing “Keys to healthy aging”. One paragraph spoke to the need to lower blood pressure to LESS THAN 120/80[...]
When reviewing the Centers for Disease Control website (www.cdc.gov) you can find the leading causes of death from disease. In those over the age of 65, I found the following, in d[...]
D.B. is a 92 year old, independent male, living in a retirement community. He has diagnoses of: osteoporosis, atrial fibrillation (2-lead pacemaker with no documented AF in last 6 [...]
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a very real problem in the community, associated with 25-30% of hospital admissions in older adults and estimated to be the 4th or 5th leading cause [...]
ISMP, which stands for Institute for Safe Medication Practices, is a wonderful organization that has numerous resources to offer practitioners and caregivers of all levels. They ha[...]
Results of a study in Great Britain were reviewed in the Telegraph in June of this year, showing that older adults who took a combination of commonly used drugs led to higher morta[...]
In an issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology solely dedicated to studies focused on adverse drug reactions (ADRs), 2006, 63:2, authors in Australia measured those w[...]
