title: Pharmacokinetics in the elderly.
abstract: The article discusses how and why drug responses are altered in elderly patients. It describes how the mutation of body composition and decay of physiological functions in the aged alters the pharmacokinetic parameters and consequently the drug responses. It also provides guidelines on which to base estimates of an accurate drug schedule.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007700:Kinetics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations