Key factors contributing to the improper use of prescription medicines among older Americans include:
Poor communication between older patients and health professionals;
Taking several medicines at the same time, including prescription and nonprescription medicines;
Seeing and receiving prescriptions from more than one health care provider;
With advancing age, the body's response to medicine changes; and
The inability to take the medication as prescribed.
Adults involved in the care of older parents should know:
What medicines their parents take and for what conditions;
How often are they supposed to take their medicines;
Whether their parents feel the medicine is helping; and
If there are any problems with the medicine.
Older patients taking multiple medicines should ask their health care providers about having a medicine "check up." It can help uncover problems they may be having taking their medicines, and it's a good time for asking questions.
Years of training have made your pharmacist the health professional best qualified to help you understand the proper use of prescription and nonprescription drugs. Talk to your pharmacist!
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