Optimizing Drug Therapy and Avoiding Drug Injury in the Older Adult:

Course overview

At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to: Optimizing Drug Therapy and Avoiding Drug Injury in the Older Adult Part 1: 1. Discuss key physiologic and pathophysiologic changes of aging that impact drug therapy 2. Apply age-sensitive principles for medication dosing and management to patient scenarios. Optimizing Drug Therapy and Avoiding Drug Injury in the Older Adult: Part 2 : 3. List nine key questions useful for identifying and managing inappropriate polypharmacy, such as unnecessary medication use in older adults 4. Apply practical tools to screen and appropriately manage complex drug regimens among older adults with or at-risk for drug injury 5. Discuss high-risk drug-drug and drug-dietary supplement interactions commonly encountered in primary care, including best practices in identifying and managing related toxicities.