Problems associated with effective pharmacotherapy of the elderly patients (geriatrics): A review

The worlds older population is growing dramatically. At the same time, ensuring an appropriate high standard of living for the elderly by reducing of morbidity and disability of geriatric patients is one of the main objectives of the modern healthcare system. However, changes associated with body ag...

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Published in:	Terapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 94; no. 7; pp. 914 - 919
Main Authors:	Korol, Liudmila A., Egorova, Svetlana N., Kudlay, Dmitry A., Krasnyuk, Ivan I., Sologova, Susanna S., Korol, Viktoria A., Smolyarchuk, Elena A., Mandrik, Mark A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	"Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 12-08-2022
Subjects:	age-related changes geriatrics multimorbidity pharmacotherapy polypharmacy
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Summary:	The worlds older population is growing dramatically. At the same time, ensuring an appropriate high standard of living for the elderly by reducing of morbidity and disability of geriatric patients is one of the main objectives of the modern healthcare system. However, changes associated with body aging necessitate application of novel approaches to the correction of pharmacotherapy and usage of specialized dosage forms. Such medicinal products provide both an appropriate therapeutic effect and facilitate their use. Presented review considers several features of pharmacotherapy of geriatric patients.
ISSN:	0040-3660 2309-5342
DOI:	10.26442/00403660.2022.07.201717