[Geriatric pharmacotherapy]

Abstract

The number of changes in bodies and fabrics connected with aging or illness processes increases. These changes mention all processes of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. With the increase it slows down processes of absorption, distribution, a metabolism and medical product deducing. All these processes are studied by geriatric pharmacotherapy. As a rule application of medical products for senior citizens demands a special mode of dispensing. Besides at persons of elderly and senile age the distinct tendency to use of a considerable quantity of medicines that increases risk of development of undesirable effects is traced. In connection with the above-stated there is a necessity of studying by doctors practically all specialities bases of modern geriatric pharmacotherapy of investigating feature of influence of various medical products on persons of the senior age groups and conducting search of biologically active means for struggle against organism presenilation, for maintenance at normal level of activity of all its systems.