Lecture 5 - medication review for complex patients

Question 1

what are patient priority groups?

Answer 1

• elderly or frail
• patients on polypharmacy or high risk medicines
• residents in carehomes
• patients recently discharged from hospital

Question 2

what are traget groups or high risk groups?

Answer 2

high risk patietns are those presviosuly described
high risk drusg are methotrexate, warfarin etc
high risk drug groups are - NSAIDS, anticholinergics, sedatives, aanalgesics adn anti-psychotics
and drusg with limited clinical efficay such as quinine, asnti-spasmodics, anti-emetics and peripheral vasodialtors