Drug Therapy and Frailty: Chicken or the Egg?

Paula A Rochon^{1

2

3}, Nathan M Stall^{1

2

3}, Holly M Holmes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas.

Editorial

Paula A Rochon et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;67(12):2441-2443.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.16213. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

Paula A Rochon^{1

2

3}, Nathan M Stall^{1

2

3}, Holly M Holmes⁴

¹ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas.

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Comment on

Polypharmacy and Incident Frailty in a Longitudinal Community-Based Cohort Study.
Shmuel S, Lund JL, Alvarez C, Hsu CD, Palta P, Kucharska-Newton A, Jordan JM, Nelson AE, Golightly YM. Shmuel S, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Dec;67(12):2482-2489. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16212. Epub 2019 Oct 24. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019. PMID: 31648378
Self-Reported Prescription Drug Use for Pain and for Sleep and Incident Frailty.
Cil G, Park J, Bergen AW. Cil G, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Dec;67(12):2474-2481. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16214. Epub 2019 Oct 24. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019. PMID: 31648384

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