Pharmacokinetics and drug interactions in the elderly and special issues in elderly african-american populations: workshop summary
Auteur :
Institute of Medicine / Committee on Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interaction in the Elderly
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309058926
Date de publication :
25 août 1997
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Consequently, an issue of growing medical, health policy, and social concern is the appropriate and rational use of medications by the elderly.Although becoming older does not necessarily correlate with increasing illness, aging is associated with anatomical and physiological changes that affect how medications are metabolized by the body.