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Drug Therapy for Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Dear Editor,Abdominal aortic aneurysm is often asymptomatic, less recognized, and causes considerable mortality and morbidity, if missed. The incidence varies from country to country and the occurrence is influenced by modifiable (smoking, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prolonged steroid therapy) and non-modifiable risk factors (increasing age, male gender, and positive...

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Drug therapy.

Drug therapy.

Drug therapy for individuals of any age is difficult but prescribing for older patients offers special challenges. Older people take about three times as many prescription medications as younger individuals do, mainly because of their increased prevalence of chronic medical conditions. However, taking several drugs together substantially increases the risk of drug interactions, unwanted effects...