This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
It should be easy but failure is widespread
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 10:52 AM
Poor adherence to treatment of chronic diseases is a huge problem worldwide but, frustratingly, the cost of it continues to balloon, despite efforts such as the Long Term Conditions Service, writes former Pharmaceutical Society president Graeme Blanchard
It sounds so simple.
Patients feel unwell so they go to a doctor. The doctor figures out they have a long-term condition that is treatable, and pr, Graeme Blanchard, Graeme Blanchard