title: Aging: Is your patient taking too many pills?
abstract: Before you prescribe another drug, consider whether new symptoms might be caused by the medications the patient is already taking.
authors.affiliation: Arizona Center on Aging, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA. bdweiss@email.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Barry D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Jeannie K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D005194:Family Practice; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D059065:Medication Reconciliation; D019338:Polypharmacy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D028761:Withholding Treatment