Medication management in older adults

Luke D Kim; Kenneth Koncilja; Craig Nielsen

doi:10.3949/ccjm.85a.16109

Medication management in older adults

Cleve Clin J Med. 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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing / prevention & control
Medication Therapy Management*
Polypharmacy