Elderly and drugs: risks and necessity of rational use

• Main Authors: André de Oliveira Baldoni (Author), Farah Maria Drumond Chequer (Author), Elisa Raquel Anastácio Ferraz (Author), Danielle Palma de Oliveira (Author), Leonardo Régis Leira Pereira (Author), Daniel Junqueira Dorta (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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In recent decades, the world has undergone a demographic transformation with a rapid growth of the elderly population, resulting in an increased demand for funds to maintain their health and drug consumption. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes occurring in the elderly can interfere directly...