title: [Five scenarios for five… and many more drugs].
abstract: The report of the National Observatory on drug is the occasion for a reflection on the different perspectives offered from data on populations and the analysis of patients stories. Five scenarios are presented and briefly commented on of real-life drug prescriptions to elderly patients. Irrational-not evidence based prescriptions, open questions related to the compatibility of some drugs associations, and the limitedness of an answer to patients problems based mainly on drugs, are the main take home messages. A close surveillance oriented to problems and not to drugs, could be the strategy for reconsidering and restoring dignity to what should be a priority research area.
authors: Universita di Bari. lepore@negrisud.it
authors: Vito
authors: V
authors: Lepore
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004347:Drug Interactions; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D019338:Polypharmacy; D011788:Quality of Life; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*