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3 Common Drugs Older Adults Might Be Overusing
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3 Common Drugs Older Adults Might Be Overusing
Not all older people need benzodiazepines, antibiotics, or daily aspirin — and taking them can carry increased risks.
·San Francisco, United States
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A Canadian study reveals that common drugs, from statins to iron supplements, are responsible for triggering a series of prescriptions that lead elderly people to take, without knowing, drugs to treat side effects of other medications. The so-called . .cascades of potentially inadequate prescriptions . . (PIPC) occur when the adverse effect of a medication is confused with a new health problem, generating a new prescription that may not have bee…
·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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