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Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre / Sansom Institute University of South Australia Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 5 th Pharmacy Scientific Conference “Responding to new roles & challenges” Geriatrics: The pharmacists’ role in improving health outcomes for older people through quality use of medicines Andrew Gilbert University of South Australia
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Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 5 th Pharmacy Scientific Conference “Responding to new roles & challenges” Geriatrics: The pharmacists’ role in improving health outcomes for older people through quality use of medicines Andrew Gilbert University of South Australia. Overview. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Diagnosis for NSAID induced gastric haemorrhage/1000 patients
attributable risk
age (years)
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Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre / Sansom InstituteUniversity of South Australia
Types of medicines usedLow therapeutic index drugs-Digoxin, lithium carbonate, methotrexate Drugs to which older people are known to be more sensitive;-Trimethaprim+sulphamethazole, antihypertensives, antidepressants, vasodilators, NSAIDs, H2 receptor antagonists,anticholinergics.
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre / Sansom InstituteUniversity of South Australia
What medications cause most problems?
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ADRs reported from Australian hospitals data (Roughead et al 2002)
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre / Sansom InstituteUniversity of South Australia
In the community settingMain medication groups involvedCardiac medications (39% of ADRs)CNS medications (27%)Musculoskeletal (12%) At the level of medication classACE inhibitors accounted for 14% of all ADRsantidepressants 11%NSAIDs 10%
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre / Sansom InstituteUniversity of South Australia
The older population The world health report 2005
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Malaysian Population
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