Medication management in older adults

Luke D Kim^{1

2}, Kenneth Koncilja³, Craig Nielsen^{4

5

6}

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¹ Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Center for Geriatric Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. kiml2@ccf.org.
³ Geriatric Medicine Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁴ Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Vice Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

PMID: 29425085
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.16109

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Medication management in older adults

Luke D Kim et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018 Feb.

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. 2018 Feb;85(2):129-135.

doi: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.16109.

Authors

Luke D Kim^{1

2}, Kenneth Koncilja³, Craig Nielsen^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Center for Geriatric Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. kiml2@ccf.org.
³ Geriatric Medicine Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁴ Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Vice Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

PMID: 29425085
DOI: 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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Finding balance: Optimizing medication prescribing in older patients.
Sponsler KC, Mixon AS. Sponsler KC, et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018 Feb;85(2):136-137. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17087. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018. PMID: 29425084 No abstract available.

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