Background Polypharmacy and use of inappropriate medications have been linked to
increased risk of falls, hospitalizations, cognitive impairment, and death. The primary …

Background Inappropriate polypharmacy is a particular concern in older people and is
associated with negative health outcomes. Choosing the best interventions to improve …

Importance Medication therapy management (MTM) services (also calledclinical pharmacy
services) aim to reduce medication-related problems and their downstream outcomes …

Background Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a major cause of iatrogenic morbidity
and mortality in patient care. While a substantial body of work has been undertaken to …

Background Older people taking multiple medications represent a large and growing
proportion of the population. Managing multiple medications can be challenging, and this is …

Background Self‐management interventions help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) to acquire and practise the skills they need to carry out disease‐specific …

Objectives To examine the effect of interventions to optimize medication use on adverse
drug reactions (ADR s) in older adults. Design Systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Background For over 20 years, researchers wanting to record, discuss and compare drug-
related problems (DRPs) have had the task of choosing between a multiplicity of …

Purpose The complex combination of medicines associated with age-related physiological
alterations leads older adults to experience drug-related problems (DRPs). The goal of this …

Background: More than 20 different types of classification systems for drug-related problems
(DRPs) and their causes have been developed. Classification is necessary to describe and …