Medicus, Vol. 9 No. 1_Kronične bolesti, 2000.
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
Publication date:
26.1.2000.
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