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Te Awamutu pharmacist Gemma Perry says this year’s Alert Level 4 lockdown feels different to its predecessors: with the highly contagious Delta variant now in the mix, the light at the end of the tunnel “feels a bit further away”.
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*
