MEDICATION ADVICE FOR OLDER PATIENTS

http://www.alltreatment.com/uploads/prescription-drugs1.jpg MEDICATION ADVICE TO OLDER PATIENTS "What was once good for you may not be as good now" when hair-or what's left- has grayed above a wrinkled brow. You should especially watch statins which may have helped greatly to sustain former life patterns but can be dangerous at 80. So reduce your dose of most of those as well as all other meds when you're over 75 for by then your body's gotten used to staying alive and needs less help from medication -- taking more can just be provocation. So, when almost all else has been said and done why not, just (carefully?) go out and have some fun? HzL 10/11/16 Personal Journal at WSJ.com - Storyfa storyfa.com/feed/oSP_tgfHuCusDbDHfZtoLw Follow and read all news from RSS feed Personal Journal at WSJ.com at ... Medication Overload ... Your doctor wants you to stop taking so many medications. WSJ Profiles 'Renegade' Doctor Who Prescribes Fewer Pills to Elderly ... californiahealthline.org/.../wsj-profiles-renegade-doctor-who-prescribes-fewer-pills-to-el... The Wall Street Journal today profiles an unlikely "renegade," Dr. David Morris, ... For its part, thedrug industry "acknowledges that pill overload is a problem for ... Search Results Patients Struggle With High Drug Prices - WSJ - Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/.../patients-struggle-with-high-drug-prices-1451... The Wall Street Journal Dec 31, 2015 - Out-of-pocket costs for pricey new drugs leave even some insured and relatively affluent patients with hard choices on how to afford them. ... High drug prices can translate to patient costs of thousands of dollars a year. Out-of-pocket prescription-drug costs rose 2.7% in 2014 ...