Preeti Malani
Just 35% of older adults taking between one and five medications talked to someone about drug interactions in the past 2 years, according to findings recently released from the National Poll on Healthy Aging.
That number increased to 44% among those older adults taking six or more prescriptions.
“Drug interactions are an important safety concern, especially for older adults,” Preeti Malani, MD, poll director and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, told Healio Family Medicine. “Given the wide range of prescription and
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