Objective To identify and summarize the evidence about the extent of overuse of
medications in low-and middle-income countries, its drivers, consequences and potential …

Background: Age-related multiple comorbidities cause older adults to be prone to the use of
potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM) resulting in an increased risk of adverse events …

In the context of an ageing population, the burden of disease and medicine use is also
expected to increase. As such, medicine safety and preventing avoidable medicine-related …

Frailty is a complex interplay between several factors, including physiological changes in
ageing, multimorbidities, malnutrition, living environment, genetics, and lifestyle. Early …

Backgound Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) has been evaluated in several
countries, and several strategies have been devised for deprescribing drugs in older adults …

Objectives: to analyze the frequency of use of potentially inappropriate medications by the
older adults in primary care in a municipality in the south of Minas Gerais and to determine …

Polypharmacy and the potential for inappropriate medication (PIM) use are significant public
health challenges that impact patient outcomes. Polypharmacy is the result of multiple …

No cenário brasileiro, foi constatado uma redução da taxa de fecundidade com um aumento
na expectativa de vida, o que corrobora com essa afirmação é a progressão de que dentre …

As sociedades ocidentais têm assistido ao envelhecimento acentuado da sua população
nas últimas décadas. Esta mudança de paradigma reflete-se nos cuidados de saúde …

Despite the antibiotic sale prohibition without medical prescription since 2010, excessive
and often inappropriate antibiotic prescription and self-medication, are still common …