title: [Adverse effects of treatment with psychotropic drugs in the elderly - special risks, protective mechanisms, prognosis].
abstract: Due to their multimorbidity elderly patients take multiple medications, which increase the risks of adverse side effects. In this patient group, main aim of treatment is to achieve an optimal quality of live. Unwanted effects of drugs and of drug combinations (polypharmacy) have carefully to be checked.
authors.affiliation: Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Psychiatrische Privatklinik Sanatorium Kilchberg. a.walder@sanatorium-kilchberg.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walder
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Greil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D058006:General Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013577:Syndrome; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs