Orexigenic agents in geriatric clinical practice

摘要: The problem of involuntary weight loss (IWL) is more pronounced among elderly individuals with psychiatric ailments, depression being the leading cause. combination precipitating factors such as multiple medical comorbidities, polypharmacy, and cachexia aging, which are unique to patients, present difficulties for physicians treating these individuals. Although research has indicated that certain medications may help promote appetite gain in patients IWL, a general rule, drugs should not be considered first-line treatment. focus this article been limited reviewing evidence current orexigenic agents used treat who experiencing maintaining healthy an essential element well-being decreased morbidity mortality. This will discuss increased occurrence risk IWL review various pharmacotherapeutic agent...