title: Drug therapy in the elderly: the clinical pharmacology of aging.
abstract: It is becoming increasingly apparent that age and the changes of aging are factors to be taken into account in drug therapy and in the study of drug actions. Older people have more adverse reactions to drugs than do younger people. Several studies in hospitalized patients have confirmed the fact that the incidence of untoward reactions to drugs increases with advancing age.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D004358:Drug Therapy; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans