Medication Management

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The elderly population presents physiological and pharmacologic changes which make it especially susceptible to presenting secondary or adverse events to medications, even with commonly used pharmaceutics. The need to understand prescriptions, clinic pharmacology and use of medications by the geriatric population becomes evident; in addition, to preparing social, economic and health systems for current and future demographic changes. The harmful effects of the pharmaceutics may have safety consequences and economically affect the healthcare system.

At the end of the lesson you will be able to understand:

1. the concept of pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamic with aging
2. adverse effects of the use of medications in geriatrics
3. the principles of poly-pharmacy & drug adherence in the elderly
4.  Medication adherence

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