Prescription Drugs For People Over 40
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Author | : Consumer Guide |
Publisher | : Consumer Guide Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997-09 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780451192738 |
With conflicting medical conditions, physical limitations and the wide number of prescriptions available, many middle-aged and elderly people find the task of taking medications confusing, difficult, and sometimes dangerous. The editors of Consumer Guide understand, and now they've taken the frustration out of the process! With detailed profiles of the most common prescriptions for people over 40 and a completely cross-referenced brand name index, this is the definitive guide to taking medication safely and effectively.
Author | : Rebecca D. Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Older people |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Consumer education |
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Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Older people |
ISBN | : 9781422326237 |
Author | : Ronda Hughes |
Publisher | : Department of Health and Human Services |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Author | : Craig M. Hales |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Drug utilization |
ISBN | : |
Patterns of prescription drug use may reflect underlying patterns of health conditions and health care access in the population. Polypharmacy, often defined as the simultaneous use of five or more prescription drugs, is more common in an aging population where multiple coexisting chronic conditions often occur; however, safety concerns may arise. The United States and Canada share many cultural and historical ties, but with different models for health care delivery. This report describes the use of one or more and five or more prescription drugs among adults aged 40–79 in the United States and Canada.
Author | : Nicole L. Brandt |
Publisher | : PIL Kids |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781412712149 |
Older adults often take multiple medications and have unique concerns about prescription drugs. This book provides newly updated and detailed profiles of hundreds of the most commonly prescribed drugs for seniors.
Author | : Martin Duerden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2013-11 |
Genre | : Chemotherapy |
ISBN | : 9781909029187 |
This report provides a definition of polypharmacy, considers the evidence around medicines management and concludes that there is a need for guidelines on the treatment of multi-morbidity and that clinicians need to work alongside patients to empower them to make informed decisions about their medication.
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2018-03-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309468086 |
Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1997-08-25 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 030917452X |
Reports in the popular press about the increasing longevity of Americans and the aging of the baby boom generation are constant reminders that the American population is becoming older. Consequently, an issue of growing medical, health policy, and social concern is the appropriate and rational use of medications by the elderly. Although becoming older does not necessarily correlate with increasing illness, aging is associated with anatomical and physiological changes that affect how medications are metabolized by the body. Furthermore, aging is often related to an increased frequency of chronic illness (often combined with multiple health problems) and an increased use of medications. Thus, a better understanding of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs; of the physiologic responses to those medications; as well as of the interactions among multiple medications is crucial for improving the health of older people.