Polypharmacy In The Elderly
Belinda,
Thank you for your excellent insights in reading my post.
I agree with you that medication reconciliation is an important strategy to negate the adverse effect of polypharmacy in our elderly clients. Equally important, Jyrkka, Enlund, Korhonen, Sulkava, & Hartikainen (2009, p. 502) asserts the idea of defining the effectiveness of the medications on a consistent basis with emphasis on actual effects and outcomes of drugs to reduce the harm to the patient and maximize the efficacy of the treatment. I also believe that physicians have to perform a medication follow up and diagnosis review considering sometimes the patient condition can be misdiagnose resulting to inappropriate medication therapy.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thank you for your excellent insights in reading my post.
I agree with you that medication reconciliation is an important strategy to negate the adverse effect of polypharmacy in our elderly clients. Equally important, Jyrkka, Enlund, Korhonen, Sulkava, & Hartikainen (2009, p. 502) asserts the idea of defining the effectiveness of the medications on a consistent basis with emphasis on actual effects and outcomes of drugs to reduce the harm to the patient and maximize the efficacy of the treatment. I also believe that physicians have to perform a medication follow up and diagnosis review considering sometimes the patient condition can be misdiagnose resulting to inappropriate medication therapy.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge