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Elderly: Inappropiate Medications

Jennifer Miles Nyugen, Specialty Pharmacist Clinical Coordinator with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Baptist Health Primary Care, explains as patients get older doctors get concerned about certain medications and reactions that can occur. She says some of the common medications could have certain side effects on the patients, such as constipation, urinary retention, sedation, confusion, delirium, and agitation.

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