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  • Title: Rational drug therapy in the elderly or how not to poison your elderly patients.
    Author: Gibian T.
    Journal: Aust Fam Physician; 1992 Dec; 21(12):1755-60. PubMed ID: 1476504.
    Abstract:
    Adverse drug reactions are more common and more serious in the elderly. Illness caused by medications is arguably the most significant treatable geriatric health problem. In this review, the author discusses the scope and origins of the problems, and describes some principles for minimising drug toxicity.
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