While we know that medications are very often life-saving, we have also heard some alarming accounts of people who wrongly received an incorrect prescription – either because of a mistake with the prescribing medical practitioner or the pharmacy. Yet there’s another inherent hazard to taking any medication: substance misuse.
In the same way it would be incredibly harmful to drive the wrong way on a one-way highway, medication misuse is equally concerning. As a matter of fact, it’s actually MORE disconcerting, with over 100,000 people annually losing their lives from prescription mismanagement – a full twice the number killed in automobile accidents. The following forms of medication management mistakes arise all too often:
Medication management can be specifically complicated for seniors who often take a number of different prescriptions as well as OTC medications. Compassionate Nursing Services shares some of the most common challenges older adults experience with medication adherence, and guidelines to help with each:
Appropriate medication management is crucial for older adults to be healthy and safe. For more strategies and assistance with making certain your older loved ones are taking medications properly, and to learn more about our expert St. Louis home healthcare services for seniors, contact Compassionate Nursing Services at 314-432-4312.
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