Key result
A multidisciplinary approach involving prescribers and pharmacists appears essential for improving medication outcomes and addressing polypharmacy in older people.
Why the study?
Does a multidisciplinary approach involving the prescriber and the pharmacist improve medication outcomes in older people?
Does a multidisciplinary approach involving the prescriber and the pharmacist improve medication outcomes in older people?
A multidisciplinary approach involving prescribers and pharmacists is essential to address polypharmacy and improve medication outcomes in older adults.
May support multidisciplinary teams for polypharmacy in older adults; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Older people are at risk of adverse medication events due to altered pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing. Polypharmacy also contributes to increased non‐compliance, a major problem associated with drug therapy. It is important to understand the magnitude of the problem and the factors responsible for adverse medication events. Effective strategies to address issues of poly‐pharmacy, inappropriate prescribing and medication non‐compliance are discussed. The multidisciplinary approach, involving the prescriber and the pharmacist, appears to be an essential component in improving medication outcomes in older people.
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Lim et al. (1999) conducted a review in Adverse medication events and polypharmacy. Multidisciplinary approach (prescriber and pharmacist) was evaluated. A multidisciplinary approach involving prescribers and pharmacists appears essential for improving medication outcomes and addressing polypharmacy in older people.
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