Identifying Elderly Patients with Risk Factors for Adverse Drug Reactions

Do you try to keep the number of medications that the patient is taking to a minimum?

Do you try to keep the dosing schedule as simple as possible?

Do you keep the dose of a medication at the lowest effective dose?

Do you adjust the usual adult drug dose to take into account the physiologic changes of the patient?

Are you familiar with the potential drug interactions for all of the drugs that the patient is taking?

Do you consider the risk of an adverse drug reaction when starting, stopping or changing a medication?

Do you adjust dosage levels for changes in severity of existing conditions?

Do you adjust a patient's medications when an acute illness develops and readjust them upon recovery?

Do you monitor serum drug levels as indicated when an acute disease occurs?