Elderly and drugs: risks and necessity of rational use

摘要: In recent decades, the world has undergone a demographic transformation with rapid growth of elderly population, resulting in an increased demand for funds to maintain their health and drug consumption. Pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic changes occurring can interfere directly adverse effects drugs increase risk intoxication. addition, there are external factors interfering pharmacotherapy elderly, such as inappropriate use lack access information. Many therapeutic classes should be used caution or avoided anti-inflammatory some anti-hypertensive drugs, diuretics digitalis. If not managed carefully, these medicines affect safety quality life elderly. Thus, aim this review was identify that patients order avoid intoxication and/or events.