Lecture 5 - medication review for complex patients Flashcards
1
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what are patient priority groups?
A
- elderly or frail
- patients on polypharmacy or high risk medicines
- residents in carehomes
- patients recently discharged from hospital
2
Q
what is a medication review?
A
A medication review is a structured critical examination of a patient’s medicines with the objective of reaching an agreement with the patient about the treatment, optimising the impact of medicines, minimising the number of medication related problems and reducing waste
3
Q
what are different types of medication reviews?
A
polypharmacy, disease specific, drug specific and cost focused
4
Q
what are traget groups or high risk groups?
A
high risk drug such as methotrexate, warfarin etc
high risk drug groups eg NSAIDs, anti-cholinergics, sedatives, analgesics and anti-psychotics
limited clinical efficacy eg quinine, anti-spasmodics, anti-emetics and peripheral vasodilators
