Stroke is the primary cause of disability and vascular death worldwide, including Asia. Asian
characteristics that differ from the West lead to higher stroke incidence. Stroke epidemiology …

Medication adherence is a crucial part in the management of chronic diseases. As older
adults form a greater proportion of the population with chronic diseases and multiple …

Purpose Hypertension (HT) is considered to be the most common disorder in the general
population. Demographic data indicate that older adults commonly suffer from HT. Older age …

Medication adherence is a crucial component in the treatment of chronic diseases. In the
elderly, clinicians are faced with a unique set of problems associated with adherence that …

The presence of age-related comorbidities prone elderly patients to the phenomenon of
polypharmacy and consequently to a higher risk of nonadherence. Thus, this paper aims to …

In the present study, we aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns in a Japanese population
and investigate whether these patterns have differing effects on polypharmacy and dosage …

Both drug delivery performance and various age-related physical, mental and physiological
changes can affect drug effectiveness and safety in elderly patients. The many drug delivery …

Background Hospital readmissions due to medication-related problems occur frequently,
burdening patients and caregivers emotionally and straining health care systems …

Methods This double-blind, active control, noninferiority, multicenter, phase 3 clinical trial
randomly assigned 475 patients with endoscopically proven erosive gastritis to two groups …

Background: Levothyroxine (LT4) is one of the most prescribed drugs worldwide. Once
started, approximately 90% of patients continue treatment long term. However, accumulating …