Review article

Some Characteristics of Drug Treatment in Chronic Diseases

Zijad Duraković

Abstract

The paper deals with the some characteristics
of drug treatment in the elderly. Some changes of pharmacokinetics,
interactions, frequency of side effects and principles
of drug use by aging are pointed out, with a special
attention to those drugs which could have heavy and unusual
side effects and have to be excluded from the therapy in the
elderly whenever is possible: phenylbutazon, guanetidine, carbenoxolon,
chlorpropamide, nitrofurantoin and pentazocin.

Keywords

chronic diseases; pharmacotherapy; side effects. interactions; polypragmasia

Hrčak ID:

19189

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/19189

Publication date:

26.1.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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