ReviewAging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))2022
Medication use problems among older adults at a primary care: A narrative of literature review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Challenges and Strategies of Informal Caregivers in Medication Management for Older Adults: A Mixed Method Systematic Review.International journal of older people nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Realist review: understanding the challenges of medicine optimisation among older people from ethnic minority communities with polypharmacy in primary care.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
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- Attitudes, Beliefs and Perceptions of Medication Prescribing for Older First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Article
- Actionable medications in Australian Vietnam War veterans: Implications for pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2026Article
- Race and Risk: Disentangling the Racialized Distribution of Neighborhood Resources and Differential Health Risks in Southern U.S. Cities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Impact of Deprescribing Among Older Adults in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2026Review
- Medication adherence in older adults with chronic diseases: a scoping review of barriers, facilitators, and effective interventions.Frontiers in aging · 2026Review
- Older Adults' Perspectives on Deprescribing and Non-Pharmacological Pain Management in the Deep South.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators in Secondary Stroke Prevention Among Older Adults: An International Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Breaking barriers: challenges faced by the older adults in accessing primary healthcare in a developing country.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Artificial Intelligence in Medication Management for Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2025Review
- A framework for conducting clinical trials involving 3D printing of medicines at the point-of-care.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025Review
- Renal aging and its consequences: navigating the challenges of an aging population.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- A study of medication safety in rural older people in Luzhou City.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Risk of New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Among Adults Using Statins: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Thailand.Cureus · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence among the Vulnerable Elderly: A Focus Group Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Trends in hospital admission related to poisoning by, narcotics and psychodysleptics and poisoning by antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, and antiparkinsonism drugs in England and Wales between April 1999 and April 2020: An ecological study.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
- Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
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Abstract
Appropriate medication use is one of the most significant challenges among the older population. Although medication use problems are well documented at the secondary and tertiary health care level, the evidence at the primary care level of OECD region is limited. A narrative review of existing literature was conducted through a nonsystematic search for original articles through electronic search databases, Ovid Medline, Google Scholar from 2001 to 2021, and a combination of citation references. Medication use problems are prevalent in older adults at the primary care level. The main issues of medication use identified were as follows; nonadherence, adverse drug events, accessibility, polypharmacy, inappropriate medications, belief about medications, lack of knowledge and awareness, and lack of deprescribing. In addition, the current review has identified the possibilities of the problems: many medications, forgetfulness, lack of deprescribing, lack of communication, poor understanding, and limited awareness of inappropriate medications. This review found that various medication use problems subclusters were identified to impact the health care need among older adults. Therefore, effective interventions targeting these issues need to be developed to reduce medication use problems among older adults at a primary care level.
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