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Medication-Related Problems May Be #3 Cause of Death in Seniors

Wed, 04/04/2001 - 11:00pm — Karen Stevenson
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Generations Magazine has devoted its current issue to the subject of pharmaceuticals and the elderly. Guest editor Janice L. Feinberg reports that the economic impact of medication-related problems in people age 65 and older may be as high as $60 billion annually, rivaling the cost of Alzheimer's disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, and that medication-related problems may be the third or fourth leading cause of death in the over-65 age group. Other articles in this issue discuss age-related risk factors in pharmaceuticals, "senior care pharmacists", and Internet pharmacies.

Generations Magazine has devoted its current issue to the subject of pharmaceuticals and the elderly. Guest editor Janice L. Feinberg reports that the economic impact of medication-related problems in people age 65 and older may be as high as $60 billion annually, rivaling the cost of Alzheimer's disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, and that medication-related problems may be the third or fourth leading cause of death in the over-65 age group. Other articles in this issue discuss age-related risk factors in pharmaceuticals, "senior care pharmacists", and Internet pharmacies.