Mental Health Weekly
Drug interaction risks persist among older adults, study says
By Valerie A. Canady.
Abstract
More than one in five older Americans may be at risk for a potentially major drug‐drug interaction, despite a slight decline in such interactions in recent years, according to new research published Sept. 24 in JAMA Network . Antidepressants, statins and antiplatelet therapies were the medications most commonly involved in potentially major interactions.
Keywords
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- drug-drug interactions
- older adults
- polypharmacy
- antidepressants
- statins
- antiplatelet therapy
- drug safety
- adverse drug reactions
- Open access
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