Pharmacists and Optimized Drug Therapy
Image Source: iStock.com/klenova It seems the older you get the more medications
accumulate. About 30 percent
of older adults in the United States and Canada filled a
prescription in the last few years for one of many medications that the
American Geriatrics Society recommends
they avoid. In addition, 66 percent of older adults are taking five
drugs or more per day – some of them are no longer necessary and may even be
causing harm.1 While there’s been a lot of focus placed o