Better not to start older people on drugs than try to reduce them later

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Better not to start older people on drugs than try to reduce them later

Elderly woman with pills
Overmedication is a difficult problem when treating the elderly, says Northland geriatrician Alan Davis

GPs, practice nurses, nurse practitioners and practice managers convened in Rotorua last month for the annual Rotorua GP CME. Cliff Taylor, Alan Perrott, Simon Maude and Zahra Shahtahmasebi continue their coverage

When my father died – he was an intellectual, a professional all his life, and well-informed – we took three plastic bags full of drugs back to the ph
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