Inappropriate medicines for elderly used in the treatment of influenza and cold

• Autor(a) principal: Bandeira,Vanessa Adelina Casali
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Pletsch,Marilei Uecker
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/182
• topic: elderly people health, Drug Utilization, Influenza, Self Medication.

<p>The objective of this study was to verify the potentially inappropriate medicines taken by elderly people during sintomatic cold and flu. The identification of medicines was performed by the Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Specialties (DPS) 2011/2012 and after were identified according to Beers criteria, updated in 2003 and supplemented in 2008. 320 medicines were identified, considering replications, 77 different substances were identified, 9 (11,69%) are considered potentially inappropriate for elderly people and are in 65 (20,31%) of pharmaceutical alternatives available for treatment of influenza and cold. The use of inappropriate medicines make elderly people more susceptible to the drug-related problems, especially the occurrence of adverse reactions. These conditions are even worse in the treatment in treatment of influenza and cold, the medicines used are easily accessible because they don't need prescription and often are used as self medication. It is essential that all health professionals, especially prescriber and pharmacist find alternatives to reduce the inappropriate use of medicines and self medication, contributing for rational drug use and finding ways to improve elderly people quality of life.</p>