title: The elderly, undernutrition, and pharmacokinetics.
abstract: There is good evidence that malnutrition may alter the pharmacokinetic parameters and, thus, actions of several drugs. The elderly are probably most at risk, as malnutrition tends to affect factors already altered by primary and secondary aging.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations