ReviewCurrent epidemiology reports2021
An Update on Medication Use in Older Adults: a Narrative Review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of diet and medication use among centenarians and near-centenarians worldwide.GeroScience · 2024Pooled it
- The influence of patients' beliefs about medicines and the relationship with suboptimal medicine use in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of quantitative studies.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2024Pooled it
- Preliminary development of a Risk Factor Index to identify older adults at risk of adverse medication-related outcomes: A Delphi Study.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- Trends and expenditures in polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy among older adults in the United States, 2002-2017.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Pharmacotherapy of major depressive disorder in older adults: from an evidence-informed stepwise algorithm to precision medicine.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- The impact of patient age on the pharmacist's recommendation of OTC anti-common cold products before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Rewinding the Clock: Emerging Pharmacological Strategies for Human Anti-Aging Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The relationship between physical activity and appetite among older adults - A scoping review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Potentially inappropriate medications for geriatric patients in Bahrain: prevalence, predictors, and implications for practice.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- A study of medication safety in rural older people in Luzhou City.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Deprescribing oral antidiabetics in elderly patients: Do electronic leaflets across the world address it?Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2024Article
- Highly prevalent geriatric medications and their effect on β-amyloid fibril formation.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- Comparing AGS Beers 2019, STOPP version 2, and EU(7)-PIM list in Portuguese older adults in primary health care.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2024Article
- Deprescribing potential of commonly used medications among community-dwelling older adults: insights from a pharmacist's geriatric assessment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Deprescribing in Older Poly-Treated Patients Affected with Dementia.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Patterns of Medication Management and Associated Medical and Clinical Features among Home-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Central Portugal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Determinants of Medication Non-Adherence Among the Elderly with Co-Existing Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Areas of Udupi District in Karnataka, India.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- Insight into appropriate medication prescribing for elderly in the COVID-19 era.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing among Elderly Outpatients: Evaluation of Temporal Trends 2012-2018 in Piedmont, Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe global phenomenon of population aging is impacting the health and care needs of society. The use of medications by older adults is acknowledged to be the most common form of medical intervention for many acute and chronic conditions and prescribing in this population continues to increase. In this narrative review, we summarise the age-related factors that should be considered when prescribing for older adults, address some of the perennial challenges related to medicine use in older people, and highlight important emerging research in this area. RECENT
findingsA range of age-related factors should be considered when prescribing for older adults. However, the evidence base still lacks data pertaining to older adults due to their continued under-representation in clinical trials. Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and inappropriate prescribing continue to remain prevalent among older adults, although recent research has been focused on the development and evaluation of complex interventions to address these challenges. SUMMARY: Further high-quality studies of interventions to improve and support medication use in older adults are needed, ensuring that older adults are well represented in such trials and consideration is given to the measurement of patient- and provider-focused outcomes.
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