A Melange of Medications

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other front-line providers often face the arduous task of clarifying which medicines, and in what doses, an elderly patient is taking — sometimes from a patient's handwritten list on a scrap of paper. Physician assistant Charity Maniates reviews some practical guidance in reducing polypharmacy and its attendant risks for falls, delirium, toxicity, and other acute health conditions in this vulnerable patient population — in this week's In Practice blog post.