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Medication management in older adults

Luke D. Kim, MD, FACP, CMD, Kenneth Koncilja, MD and Craig Nielsen, MD, FACP
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 129-135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16109

ABSTRACT

Managing medications is a major part of providing care to older adults. Polypharmacy is common in the elderly and is fraught with risks. A careful and systematic approach is needed for managing drug therapy in these patients, recognizing the patient’s specific goals.

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  1. Luke D. Kim, MD, FACP, CMD⇑
  1. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Center for Geriatric Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic
  1. ADDRESS:
    Luke D. Kim, MD, Center for Geriatric Medicine, Medicine Institute, X10, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; kiml2{at}ccf.org
  1. Kenneth Koncilja, MD
  1. Geriatric Medicine Fellow, University of California San Francisco, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine
  1. Craig Nielsen, MD, FACP
  1. Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Vice Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

ABSTRACT

Managing medications is a major part of providing care to older adults. Polypharmacy is common in the elderly and is fraught with risks. A careful and systematic approach is needed for managing drug therapy in these patients, recognizing the patient’s specific goals.

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