ArticleThe Gerontologist2014
Promoting safe and effective use of OTC medications: CHPA-GSA National Summit.
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23 citing papers in PubMed.
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- A User-Centric Comprehension Assessment of Prescription Drug Package Inserts in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Over-the-counter medication use among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Knowledge and attitudes toward over-the-counter medications among pharmacy students: insights from a cross-sectional study in Taif University, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- The High Prevalence and Complexity of Over-the-Counter Medication Misuse in Older Adults.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Green rush and red warnings: Retrospective chart review of adverse events of interactions between cannabinoids and psychotropic drugs.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Association between health literacy and medication comprehension; attitudes toward reporting adverse events in adults using over-the-counter medicines.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Article
- Community pharmacies and the empowerment of self-care in the United States.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2023Article
- A novel strategy to optimize critical information on over the counter labels for older adults.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Unprescribed and unnoticed: Retrospective chart review of adverse events of interactions between antidepressants and over-the-counter drugs.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Information provision and retrieval by registered salespersons from consumers during over-the-counter drug sales - a questionnaire survey.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Utilizing a cognitive engineering approach to conduct a hierarchical task analysis to understand complex older adult decision-making during over-the-counter medication selection.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2021Article
- What Do Young Adults Think about the Safety of Over-the-Counter Analgesics? Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A pharmacy-based intervention to improve safe over-the-counter medication use in older adults.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2021Article
- A pilot study of decision factors influencing over-the-counter medication selection and use by older adults.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2020Article
- Understanding older adults' medication decision making and behavior: A study on over-the-counter (OTC) anticholinergic medications.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2019Article
- The Effectiveness of Nonprescription Drug Labels in the United States: Insights from Recent Research and Opportunities for the Future.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Preferences and attitudes of older adults of Bialystok, Poland toward the use of over-the-counter drugs.Clinical interventions in aging · 2018Article
- Alcohol, aging, and innate immunity.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2017Review
- A digital health kiosk is acceptable, usable, and improves decisions about high-risk over-the-counter medications when used by older adults: Results of formative user testing.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
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Abstract
Research on the ways older people use prescription medications (Rx) is a mainstay of the gerontological literature because use of Rx medications is common, and appropriate use is central to effective management of chronic disease. But older adults are also major consumers of over-the-counter (OTC) medications, which can be equally significant for self-care. Nearly half of older adults aged 75-85, for example, are regular users of an OTC product. Ensuring that consumers safely and effectively use OTC products is critical in order to minimize potential drug-drug interactions and unintentional misuse. Yet we know surprisingly little about the ways older adults select OTC medications and decide when to start or stop use, how older people actually take these medications, or how involved clinicians and family members are in older adult OTC behavior. Research in this area is critical for developing interventions to help ensure safe and appropriate OTC use. For this reason, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), in partnership with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), convened a summit of experts to set an agenda for research in OTC behaviors among older adults. The panel suggested a need for research in 5 key areas: Health literacy and OTC behavior, decision making and OTC use, the role of clinicians in OTC medication behavior, older adult OTC behavior and family care, and technologies to promote optimal use of OTC medications.
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