Use of Medicines Among a Brazilian Elderly Sample: A Cross-sectional Study
- Pereira da Silva Marchini, Adriana Mathias
- Porto de Deco, Camila
- Vieira Silva, Michele Roberta
- Lodi, Karina Bortolin
- Fernandes da Rocha, Rosilene
- Marchini, Leonardo
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SummaryBackgroundThe use of multiple medicines is very frequent among the elderly, allowing them to perceive more often adverse side effects from drugs and present undesirable drug interactions.MethodsThis article presents a cross-sectional survey about the use of medicines among 300 elderly Brazilians, equally divided into institutionalized and community-dwelling groups.ResultsThe average daily intake of medicines is 3.2 among institutionalized elderly, a higher (p<0.001) number when compared with community-dwelling elderly, who takes an average of 1.8 medicines daily. The most commonly used medications are antihypertensives (58.0%), diuretics (23.0%), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (22.7%), supplements (21.7%), antidiabetics (16.3%)...
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