Drink plenty of non-essential drugs can lead to death
One third of elderly patients who may have been prescribing an unnecessarily put them at risk to suffer side effects and spend more money each year.
a study evaluated over 1,800 patients aged 75 at the outside of the NHS (national health Service) Croydon has shown that the average per patients were given 6 different drugs. However, after reassessment, hundreds of prescriptions were canceled for a third of the patients removed at least one drug.
Hundreds prescriptions stopped because they are no longer effective, and many patients are going through side effects or adverse drug reactions. Of the 121 patients who were sent to evaluation, 89 patients required a dose reduction of the medication.
The most common drugs are stopped are: blood-thinning drug warfarin and clopidogrel, aspirin, alendronic acid for osteoporosis ; Cetirizine for hayfever and allergies; laxido for constipation; omeprazole for gastric reflux and adcal-d3, a calcium and vitamin supplements.
The study was conducted by the consulting agency Interface Clinical Pharmaceutical Services, predicts that these changes will help to save the NHS 192,000 pounds per year. However, there are five million people over the age of 75, which suggests cost savings across the country if each patient were evaluated on the use of drugs can run into millions of pounds.
the charity said the excessive use of drugs (defined as treatments using 5 drugs, irrespective of the duration of treatment), in which the patient was prescribed too many drugs are become an increasing problem.
Caroline Abrahams, director at Age UK charity, said: "We know that the more you drink plenty of drugs, the risk that you incur greater, such as risk mechanical shock, and falls. this is because what happens when different drugs interact with, and in the worst case scenario, the elderly may even die in the hospital. "
" this will be the question a growing problem due to aging of the population with three million seniors are expected to regularly drink more drugs in 2018. Therefore, the problem is always to evaluate drugs that older people often drink is extremely an increasingly important because as they age, more and more drugs are prescribed and consider it seriously is even more urgent, "Abrahams said.
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association said "the patients Association has recognized the problem too many patients were given various drugs, usually always comes a drug to reduce the symptoms of other drugs. The lack of regular assessments, sometimes lasting several years about the patient's drug use should be very concerned, especially for older people vulnerable capital. We welcome all initiatives to improve the situation for the benefit of patient safety. The study highlights that these drugs are not necessary, there may be restrictions on benefits and costly unnecessary ".
Currently, four out of five people aged 75 or over to drink at least a drug prescribed and patients taking multiple medications likely to suffer side effects and adverse reactions of drugs. adverse reactions and side effects from the drug accounted for between 5% and 17% of cases hospitalizations.
one spokesman Interface said: "the number of patients hospitalized due to side effects related to medication is a clear figure and stability. By performing the clinical assessment of the issue of health care practice, Interface is trying to help these patients over 75 years to reduce the side effects related to the drug and thereby, reduce the burden placed on role of health care services ".
the research was presented at the Royal College of GPs conference takes place every year in the UK.
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