Jul 3, 2019
For various reasons, people with Alzheimer’s disease are less likely to be treated with oral anticoagulants. A team based in Australia and Finland has recently explored the incidence and prevalence of warfarin and direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) amongst a large...
Jul 2, 2019
Polypharmacy has long been thought to be linked to increased incidence of falls. A recent Canadian cohort study assessing community‐dwelling older adults included 5 years of follow‐up to assess this issue amongst people aged 65 years and older (n = 249; 76.6 ± 8.6 y;...
Jul 2, 2019
Discussion about the long term side effects of Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) continues, but almost all meaningful data to date have been derived from pharmacoepidemiological studies based upon naturalistic observational techniques. A large randomized trial has now...
Jul 2, 2019
A great deal has been written about how older people who take PPIs for long periods of time may be susceptible to adverse events. A team of Australian pharmacist and nurse researchers has just published a study that examined the use of PPIs in residential aged care...
Jul 1, 2019
Medical Cannabis may impact opioid and benzodiazepine requirements for pain control, according to recent research from the USA. A single-center, retrospective cohort study evaluated opioid and benzodiazepine doses over a 6-month time period for patients using medical...
