NUTR 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Naturopathy, Prescription Drug, Osteoporosis
24 Jul 2018
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Safe, effective, high quality: 8 digit natural product number (npn) or homeopathic medicine number (din_hm) Polypharmacy: polypharmacy is common in older adults with the highest number of drugs taken by those residing in nursing homes, canadian nursing home patients studied reported that 15. 5% were on > 9 medications (gill & Bronskill, 2012: research has established a strong relationship between polypharmacy and negative clinical consequences, nearly 50% of older adults take one or more medications that are not medically necessary (spinewine et al. , 2007) To reduce risk of adverse effects, the 2012 american geriatrics society beers criteria is a commonly used tool to identify potentially inappropriate medications for older adults. Taking 3+ medications for a chronic condition: persons with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Long term care home residents: medscheck at home is available for people who are unable to physically go to their community pharmacy, ontario drug benefit program, covers most of the cost of, 4,400 prescription drug products.
