Case Report: The Complexities of Managing Medications and the Importance of Deprescribing Anticholinergics in Older Adults

Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic medications (including over-the-counter products), polypharmacy, and the existence of communication barriers among members of the interprofessional team frequently contribute to clinical complexity in older adults. We present the case of a frail 86-year old...

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Autores principales: Elliott, Taylor, Eckmann, Lynne, Moga, Daniela C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Pharmacology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33935693
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.584667
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description Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic medications (including over-the-counter products), polypharmacy, and the existence of communication barriers among members of the interprofessional team frequently contribute to clinical complexity in older adults. We present the case of a frail 86-year old female from the perspective of a community pharmacist managing outpatient medications and transitions of care. CD’s past medical history is significant for dementia, multiple falls, recurrent urinary tract infections, depression, cardiac arrhythmia, macular degeneration, chronic pain, depression, and cerebrovascular disease.
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spelling pubmed-80870732021-05-01 Case Report: The Complexities of Managing Medications and the Importance of Deprescribing Anticholinergics in Older Adults Elliott, Taylor Eckmann, Lynne Moga, Daniela C. Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Potentially inappropriate anticholinergic medications (including over-the-counter products), polypharmacy, and the existence of communication barriers among members of the interprofessional team frequently contribute to clinical complexity in older adults. We present the case of a frail 86-year old female from the perspective of a community pharmacist managing outpatient medications and transitions of care. CD’s past medical history is significant for dementia, multiple falls, recurrent urinary tract infections, depression, cardiac arrhythmia, macular degeneration, chronic pain, depression, and cerebrovascular disease. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8087073/ /pubmed/33935693 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.584667 Text en Copyright © 2021 Elliott, Eckmann and Moga. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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