Geriatrics

Applied Evidence

AGING: Is your patient taking too many pills?

Author:

Barry D. Weiss, MD

Jeannie K. Lee, PharmD, BCPS

Before you prescribe another drug, consider whether new symptoms might be caused by the medications the patient is already taking.

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Applied Evidence

AGING: Are these 4 pain myths complicating care?

Author:

Stephen Thielke, MD, MSPH, MA

Joanna Sale, PhD

M. Carrington Reid, MD, PhD

Is pain a natural part of aging? Does “toughing it out” make pain more tolerable? Read on to see what the evidence really says regarding 4 common...

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Commentary

Let’s put a stop to the prescribing cascade

Author:

John Hickner, MD, MSc

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