Exposure to potentially inappropriate medications in Brazilian elderly outpatients with metabolic diseases

ABSTRACT Management of pharmacotherapy in elderly with metabolic diseases is challenging and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are risk factors for drug interactions and adverse events. The exposure to PIMs in elderly outpatients with metabolic diseases and its relationship with polypharm...

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Main Authors: Vanessa dos Santos Martins, Ana Luiza Pereira Moreira Mori, Egidio Lima Dorea, Gelba Almeida Pinto, Mario Hiroyuki Hirata, Felipe Dominguez Crespo Hirata, Rosario Dominguez Crespo Hirata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502016000400699&lng=en&tlng=en