Adverse Consequences of Drug Use in the Elderly

Abstract

Although drug therapy often results in beneficial effects and improves functional status, adverse consequences of pharmacotherapy are a major patient safety concern, especially in the growing older population '.In the well-known report 'To err is human: building a safer health care system'', it was brought forward that a substantial number of patients is harmed by adverse drug events in medical care. This report placed patient safety and drug safety on the international agend