Consumption of medications in elderly and risks of polypharmacotherapy - do we have adequate information?
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Result language
ruština
Original language name
Consumption of medications in elderly and risks of polypharmacotherapy - do we have adequate information?
Original language description
Background: Drug interactions and unwanted side effects can cause up to 30% of admissions of elderly patiens to the hospital. The massive OTC medications advertisement provokes considerations, how many of these non prescribed drugs we must calculate to be able to guess the probability of drug interactions and unwanted side effects. On the other hand they can influence negatively the patients compliance. Patiens and methods: Students of 6th year of medical faculty going through their pregraduate practiceinterviewed randomly selected seniors treated by their general practitioners. They asked for number, kinds and costs of OTC medications. These interview were done during years 2001/2002 and results were compared with interviews done in years 2004/2005.Results: Alltogether 252 women and 148 men of average age 78,7 years were interviewed. The number of OTC drugs increased from 2,26 to 2,32 kinds of drugs.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FA - Cardiovascular diseases including cardio-surgery
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Belgorod state university scinetific bulletin.Medicine Pharmacy
ISSN
1990-5327
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
RU - RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Number of pages
7
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