NEW research out of Korea has indicated that potentially inappropriate medicine (PIM) use can lead to negative health consequences.
The most commonly used PIMs affecting the elderly patients were identified as chlorpheniramine maleate, diazepam, metoclopramide HCl and diclofenac sodium, prompting authors to argue that "pharmaceutical policies regarding PIM use may need to be implemented for elderly adults in Korea" - visit ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
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