Suitable Use of Injectable Agents to Overcome Hypoglycemia Risk, Barriers, and Clinical Inertia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a common disease in the elderly, and the number of older prostate cancer patients will probably increase with both the aging of the population and the increased rate of screening. In elderly patients with several co-morbidities, cancer management can be complex, and the risk of administering toxic t...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Fontana A,Falcone A,Derosa L,Di Desidero T,Danesi R,Bocci G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant agent which also has analgesic properties. Whether its analgesic effects are linked to its mood-altering activity or attributable to a discrete pharmacological action (or a combination of both) is unknown. Clinical trials demonstrate that oral amitriptyline achieves at least...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Bryson HM,Wilde MI

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Centenarians are considered as models of successful aging and represent a special group of patients. The aim of this study was to analyze heart failure epidemiology and treatment trajectories in centenarians compared to nonagenarians (90-99 years of age) and octogenarians (80-89 years of age) with heart fail...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Schmidt IM,Kreutz R,Dräger D,Zwillich C,Hörter S,Kuhlmey A,Gellert P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of older adults with diabetes is rapidly increasing worldwide. A variety of factors contribute to the age-related increase in the incidence of diabetes. The lack of empiric evidence in the field has limited the management guidelines to mostly expert opinion. Given uncertainty over the rate at which to lower...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Mooradian AD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in antimicrobial chemotherapy over recent decades, morbidity and mortality secondary to infection continues to rise. In addition, the incidence of infection caused by resistant organisms has also increased. Concurrently, the elderly are living longer than prior generations, often with disabling chroni...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Lomaestro BM,Briceland LL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast with women, who experience a complete and abrupt cessation of ovarian function during the menopause, aging men largely maintain their testicular androgen production. Nevertheless, most cross-sectional studies indicate that there is a partial decrease in testosterone levels with aging, although this has not...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Maas D,Jochen A,Lalande B

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased life expectancy is associated with an increased prevalence of chronic diseases and drug consumption. Changes often occur in the medication regimen after hospitalization. The extent and nature of these changes and the adherence of elderly patients have not yet been fully investigated. OBJECTIVE:To ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Mansur N,Weiss A,Hoffman A,Gruenewald T,Beloosesky Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is poor evidence supporting the use of any pharmacologic treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially among older adults. Informed by our recent characterization of psychotropic medication use among Medicare beneficiaries with TBI, the objective of this st...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Albrecht JS,Rao V,Perfetto EM,Daniel Mullins C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation confers a 5-fold increase in risk of stroke. A number of drugs aimed at reducing this risk have been tested in randomized controlled trials. These include antiplatelet agents (singly and in combination); anticoagulants, including vitamin K antagonists and direct thrombin inhibitors; and anticoagula...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Mant J,Edwards D

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immunosenescence makes the elderly more susceptible to influenza complications and less responsive to vaccination. An intradermal formulation (IDflu) is one of several strategies being investigated to increase the immunogenicity of influenza vaccines. OBJECTIVE:The overall goal of the study was to assess ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Pileggi C,Mascaro V,Bianco A,Nobile CG,Pavia M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restenosis in the months following a successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) remains the main limitation to this technique for myocardial revascularisation. Despite intensive investigation in this area, no pharmacological therapy has yet been found to be useful in preventing restenosis after c...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Hamon M,Lécluse E,Monassier JP,Grollier G,Potier JC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin and soft tissue infections are quite common in elderly people. A number of special conditions and circumstances need to be considered in the diagnosis and therapy. It is important to try to establish the causative organism, exclude other cutaneous disorders and identify precipitating factors. Treatment modalities...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Laube S,Farrell AM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many quantities assayed in clinical laboratories demonstrate age-related changes. Particularly important periods are early life, adolescence, old age, and after the menopause in females. The changes that occur until adulthood are well documented. Fewer data are available on elderly people even though they consume a la...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Fraser CG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly population has much to gain from the advances of molecular medicine, although at present genetic pharmacology remains mostly at the conceptual level. Cancer, in particular, is an increasing health burden and the majority (over 70%) of gene therapy trials are aimed at tackling this problem. Available strate...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Szlosarek PW,Dalgleish AG

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of the study were to evaluate usage rates of warfarin in stroke prophylaxis and the association with assessed stages of stroke and bleeding risk in long-term care (LTC) residents with atrial fibrillation (AFib). METHODS:A cross-sectional analysis of two LTC databases (the National Nursing Home Surv...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Reardon G,Nelson WW,Patel AA,Philpot T,Neidecker M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in important physiological functions of the CNS, including neurotransmission, memory and synaptic plasticity. Depending on the redox state of NO, it can act as a neurotoxin or it can have a neuroprotective action. Data suggest that NO may have a role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerati...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Molina JA,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Ortí-Pareja M,Navarro JA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain (NeP) is a significant medical and socioeconomic burden with limited therapeutic options. Elderly patients exhibit a higher incidence of several NeP conditions and pose a particular challenge due to age-related pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues, comorbid conditions, and polypharmacy, as well ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sawynok J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the frequency of physician consultations and the sale of over-the-counter remedies establish the high prevalence of acute cough in the elderly, epidemiological studies have tended to be imprecise. However, respiratory tract infections in nose, larynx and/or bronchi, either viral or bacterial or both, are by f...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Widdicombe J,Kamath S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly population is more likely to have urinary catheters used than younger populations. Most patients with short term indwelling catheters (those in place less than 30 days) will be residents of acute care institutions. The frequency of catheter-acquired bacteriuria is greater with longer durations of catheteri...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Nicolle LE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are frequently used in rheumatoid arthritis. A number of physiological changes occur in the elderly which may modify the use of these medications. The most commonly used DMARDs are antimalarial drugs (particularly hydroxychloroquine), sulfasalazine and methotrexate. The p...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Gardner G,Furst DE

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of intermittent claudication (IC) increases with age; when questioned, older patients consider increased difficulty in walking to be a normal consequence of aging. Although the prognosis for the involved limb with IC is relatively good, IC is an important clinical predictor of increased cardiovascular m...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Boccalon H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common metabolic bone disease and currently presents a significant management dilemma. Most of the patients have few relevant symptoms and surgical parathyroidectomy offers the prospect of cure with freedom from the risk of long-term complications or the need for a follow-up. However, ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sims R,Ubhi C,Hosking D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflibercept is a fully human, recombinant fusion protein that acts as a soluble decoy receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family members, including VEGF-A, VEGF-B and placental growth factor (P1GF), thereby inhibiting downstream signalling mediated by these ligands. Aflibercept binds all isoforms of...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Yang LP,McKeage K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is ample evidence for the involvement of aberrant protein phosphorylation reactions in aging and age-associated neurological disorders. Alzheimer's disease (AD) in particular. The exact nature of this involvement, however, is not yet elucidated. In the brain tissue of AD patients, there are numerous examples of ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Jin LW,Saitoh T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease has been inseparable from aging in developed societies and, as a result, it is the commonest cause of mortality in elderly populations. Atherosclerosis is associated with the progressive vascular accumulation of cholesterol-laden lipoproteins, and is linearly associated with the plasma level of ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Playford DA,Watts GF

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of prostate carcinoma in the US now appears to be declining slightly, as a consequence of removal of prevalent cases from the population by screening. Screening for serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels has been improved by the use of PSA transformations including PSA density, PSA velocity and age...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Small EJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falls are a common health problem for older people, and psychotropic medications have been identified as an important independent fall risk factor. The objective of this paper was to review the literature relating to the effect of psychotropic medications on falls in older people, with a particular focus on evidence s...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Hill KD,Wee R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain occurs in 45-85% of the geriatric population and the need to treat chronic pain is growing substantially. Unfortunately, treatment for chronic pain is not always correctly targeted, which leads to a reduced quality of life, with decreased socialization, depression, sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Gianni W,Ceci M,Bustacchini S,Corsonello A,Abbatecola AM,Brancati AM,Assisi A,Scuteri A,Cipriani L,Lattanzio F

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly patient may show normal physiological changes of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems that accompany aging, as well as features of intrinsic cardiac disease. The latter include: a past history of myocardial infarction or ischaemic heart disease; history of congestive cardiac failure; angina; arterial...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sear JW,Higham H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluoroquinolones are antibiotics frequently used in infections that affect elderly individuals. The physiological aging process can profoundly affect the pharmacokinetics of drugs, necessitating adjustment of dosage regimens in the elderly. Changes in pharmacokinetics with age are mainly due to the progressive det...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Nilsson-Ehle I,Ljungberg B

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00