MADRID, 22 ( EUROPA PRESS)
Up 35 per cent of older people who live in their homes and take drugs suffer any adverse reaction, said Dr. Alfonso Cruz Jentoft, Geriatrics of Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, who says that you one of every three income in hospitals of persons age 65 and over are at least in part, due to this cause.
In this way, the Spanish society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, (SEGG) has pointed out that the risk of adverse reactions to drugs increases with age as a result, inter alia, of the amount of diseases.
Also noted that most of the drugs have not been adequately studied in older people. In this sense, there is a European initiative to increase the participation of the elderly in clinical trials and a group of experts in medicine in geriatrics from the European Union to improve the quality of the information available on the use of drugs in the elderly.
From the SEGG claim that there is a five percent chance of the person suffering an adverse reaction when eaten a single drug and almost 100% of possibilities, when taking more than ten.
Improve the prescription
On the other hand, Cruz Jentoft, has considered that the improper prescription of drugs for the geriatric population is “a public health issue”. “A drug is considered adequate or appropriate when it presents clear evidence supporting its use in a given indication, is well tolerated in most patients and is cost-effective”, stated.
Also, this expert has praised the figure of the geriatrics and pointed out that its attention “reduces the risk of adverse reactions”. In his view, this health professional, thanks to its integral vision, is able to coordinate and to reduce the medication, so it makes a more secure prescription for the patient.
In general, the SEGG has advised taking drugs that prescribing is “carefully” following the instructions, ask your doctor or pharmacist questions on how to use them and immediately notice any changes in health that can be related to drugs.
