Inappropriate Drug Prescribing in Older Adults: How to Reduce It?

Authors

• Mirko Petrovich Department of Geriatrics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

mirko.petrovic@ugent.be

Abstract

Because older patients are more vulnerable to adverse drug-related events, there is a need to ensure appropriate pharmacotherapy in these patients. Screening to identify older patients at risk of drug-related problems (DRP) and adverse drug reactions (ADR) is the first critical step within a multistep approach to geriatric pharmacotherapy.