Drug treatment of hypertension in older people in an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice

Article Abstract:

Changing the type of antihypertensive drug in a geriatrics practice can actively reduce high blood pressure. Medication adjustments in 1,051 older patients involved more frequent use of diuretics and beta-blockers but fewer use of calcium channel blockers. Four percent of the hypertensives received no relevant drug therapy. Seventy percent of all patients achieved blood pressure readings below 140/90 mm Hg.

Evaluation, Complications and side effects, Dosage and administration, Geriatrics, Adrenergic beta blockers, Adrenergic beta-antagonists, Antihypertensive drugs, Antihypertensive agents, Diuretics, Calcium channel blockers

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Underutilization of cardiac medication in the Pacemaker Selection in the Elderly study

Article Abstract:

The dangers of inadequate dosing and prescribing of cardiac medications in older patients are often overlooked. Some research has shown that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, aspirin, beta-blockers, and warfarin are not prescribed correctly in older heart patients. Medical publications and research should educate physicians about the need to medicate properly.

Health aspects, Editorial, Drugs, Drug therapy, Prescriptions (Drugs), Age discrimination, Cardiac patients

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