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Publicado el 10 de mayo de 2013 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2013.04.5662

Prescripción de fármacos en el adulto mayor

Drug prescription in the elderly

Paola Fuentes, Javier Webar

Abstract

The aging process changes the way in which common drugs act in the elderly. Changes in both the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics make prescribing drugs in geriatrics a process very different from that of the young adult. The aim of this article is to review the physiologic changes that occur with aging and that must be considered when indicating drugs in this age group. For this purpose we conducted a literature review of articles from various journals and textbooks devoted to geriatric medicine in order to extract recommendations for appropriate prescribing in the elderly, represented in easy to use listings of potentially inappropriate medications, according to the quality of evidence and rationale for their avoidance in advanced age.

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Autores

Paola Fuentes

Javier Webar

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile

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Citación Fuentes P, Webar J. Drug prescription in the elderly. Medwave 2013;13(04):e5662 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2013.04.5662

Envío 07/02/2013

Aceptación 22/04/2013

Publicación 10/05/2013

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Keywords

elderly, polypharmacy, drug prescribing

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con revisión externa por dos pares revisores, a doble ciego

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