NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults with complex medication regimens may make potentially harmful mistakes in taking their drugs as prescribed, a new study shows.
They are particularly prone to these errors when their medication regimen has been modified, or if they are taking multiple drugs, Dr. Terry S. Field of the Meyers Primary Care Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and colleagues found.
The findings show how important it is for patients to understand exactly how they are supposed to be taking their prescription medications, and for doctors to make sure their patients are getting the message, Field told Reuters Health. "It's very easy to walk out the door and really not be certain what it is that you've heard."
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