Title: Ageing of the population and use of low-dose drug regimens in older patients (ii.) Author: Jana Koleníková Tutor: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Fialová, PharmD, Ph.D. University: Charles University Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department: Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy Introduction: Proportion of seniors in the population is increasing worldwide, therefore rational pharmacotherapy in older adults is more emphasized. The drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics change in older age due to physiological and pathological changes, but also due to frequent polymorbidity and polypharmacotherapy. The use of certain medicines is therefore considered risky in seniors. For this reason, explicit expert criteria of medications potentially inappropriate in the aged (so called PIMs) have been created in many countries. Considering the fact that seniors were usually not included in randomized controlled trials, information about specific dosing in older adults for many medications is not stated in Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPCs) which provide basic information on effective and safe administration of medicines. The aim of the diploma thesis was to clarify whether in case of PIMs specific information about geriatric dosing is stated in SmPCs, or at least general warnings that...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:448073 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Koleníková, Jana |
| Contributors | Fialová, Daniela, Kostřiba, Jan |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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