Potential inappropriate medication use in community - dwelling elderly patients. A qualitative study

Farmacia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-378

  Primejdie, Daniela ^a   Bojiţǎ, Marius ^a   Popa, Adina ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Community dwelling elderly; Inappropriate medication use

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLIZINE; DICLOFENAC; DIGOXIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLURAZEPAM; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HALOPERIDOL; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; LOPERAMIDE; LORNOXICAM; MELOXICAM; METFORMIN; NIMESULIDE; OPIATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PIROXICAM; SPIRONOLACTONE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER PAIN; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG USE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84863204837     PISSN: 00148237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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