SSRI prescribing in the elderly: caution required

Antiphospholipid syndrome in the elderly: caution.

Ten years after its identification, thousands of articles and 2 books have made the APS popular. Subsequently, the diagnosis of a possible APS is now frequently considered in daily practice, not only by subspecialists but also by general practitioners, in patients with thrombosis, sometimes whatever their age at the time of the first vascular event. We wish to emphasize here the potential hazar...

A Study of the Status of Prescribing Herbal Medicines by Physicians Among the Elderly in Tehran

Objectives: Herbal medicine is one of the most widely used methods of complementary medicine around the world and studies have shown that the elderly use a variety of natural and herbal products and believe that these products are harmless due to their natural nature. Therefore, due to the desire of the elderly to use herbal medicines, our aim of this study was to evaluate the amount of herbal ...

Caution required for handling genome editing technology.

Genome-editing technology, although a robust tool for genetic engineering, is creating indistinct regulatory boundaries between naturally occurring and modified organisms. However, researchers must act with caution in research and development to avoid misleading society. Furthermore, appropriate regulations should be proactively discussed and established for handling genome-editing technology.

Prescribing psychotropic drugs for the elderly

treatment for the cognitive deficit. Non-cognitive features in dementia are amenable to treatment with neuroleptics and non-neuroleptic drugs. In vascular dementia, risk factor reduction and aspirin improve cognitive function. Patients with Lewy body dementia are particularly sensitive to neuroleptics. Remember inter-individual variation in drug metabolism is much greater in elderly than in you...

Guideline-Based Prescribing in Frail Elderly Patients.