Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice
So-called nootropics include a diverse group of drugs whose idea is to improve brain function. They are quite commonly accepted among the elderly. Although currently available data from the literature do not show unequivocally the efficacy of these drugs, in practice a large number of patients are i...
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| author | Emilia Główczewska-Siedlecka Jadwiga Główczewka Katarzyna Mądra-Gackowska Marcin Gackowski Krystyna Nowacka Zygmunt Siedlecki Mateusz Szostak Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska |
| author_facet | Emilia Główczewska-Siedlecka Jadwiga Główczewka Katarzyna Mądra-Gackowska Marcin Gackowski Krystyna Nowacka Zygmunt Siedlecki Mateusz Szostak Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska |
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| description | So-called nootropics include a diverse group of drugs whose idea is to improve brain function. They are quite commonly accepted among the elderly. Although currently available data from the literature do not show unequivocally the efficacy of these drugs, in practice a large number of patients are in practice. These drugs are prescribed to patients fairly commonly and the range of indications for their use is wide and non-specific. This publication presents the mechanism of action of these nootropic drugs, historical outline of their use and epidemiological data on their use in elderly patients on the basis of patients treated in the Department of Geriatrics of Medical University in Bydgoszcz.
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| spelling | doaj.art-071dfc0ee5f843268dd9d2382d6d612b2022-12-22T02:07:27ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062017-08-0178Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practiceEmilia Główczewska-Siedlecka0Jadwiga Główczewka1Katarzyna Mądra-Gackowska2Marcin Gackowski3Krystyna Nowacka4Zygmunt Siedlecki5Mateusz Szostak6Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska7Katedra i Klinika Geriatrii, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra i Klinika Geriatrii, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra i Klinika Geriatrii, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra i Zakład Toksykologii, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra i Klinika Rehabilitacji, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKlinika Neurochirurgii, Neurotraumatologii i Neurochiurgii Dziecięcej, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKlinika Neurochirurgii, Neurotraumatologii i Neurochiurgii Dziecięcej, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuKatedra i Klinika Geriatrii, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w ToruniuSo-called nootropics include a diverse group of drugs whose idea is to improve brain function. They are quite commonly accepted among the elderly. Although currently available data from the literature do not show unequivocally the efficacy of these drugs, in practice a large number of patients are in practice. These drugs are prescribed to patients fairly commonly and the range of indications for their use is wide and non-specific. This publication presents the mechanism of action of these nootropic drugs, historical outline of their use and epidemiological data on their use in elderly patients on the basis of patients treated in the Department of Geriatrics of Medical University in Bydgoszcz. https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/27444nootropic drugspiracetamvinpocetinegeriatrics |
| spellingShingle | Emilia Główczewska-Siedlecka Jadwiga Główczewka Katarzyna Mądra-Gackowska Marcin Gackowski Krystyna Nowacka Zygmunt Siedlecki Mateusz Szostak Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice Journal of Education, Health and Sport nootropic drugs piracetam vinpocetine geriatrics |
| title | Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice |
| title_full | Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice |
| title_short | Assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice |
| title_sort | assessment of the prevalence of nootropic drugs by elderly patients in geriatric practice |
| topic | nootropic drugs piracetam vinpocetine geriatrics |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/27444 |
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