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Specialist GP Ngaire Kerse discusses new criteria that can be used to identify older patients with polypharmacy at the highest risk of avoidable medication-related harm
1. Liu L, Harrison J. Development of explicit criteria identifying potentially inappropriate polypharmacy in older adults in New Zealand primary care: a mixed-methods study. J Prim Health Care 2023;15(1):38–47.
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
Current clinical guidelines emphasise the significance of having two Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) for individuals at risk of anaphylaxis.1*
