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S2 Ep 17: Do You Have Any Questions for the Pharmacist?
I was honored to be invited to PreventEd's podcast in May 2022. Nichole Dawsey and the whole PreventEd St. Louis team are fantatastic.
We have a medication problem in America. It is marked not only by excessive use of medications, but by errors in how they are prescribed, monitored, and taken. An estimated 19 million adults age 65 and older take five or more medications daily. These individuals and family caregivers know the frustrations of lengthy medication lists, high drug costs, and frequent questions about the need and value of those medications. All too often, an unrecognized adverse drug effect is mistaken for a new medical conditio
HbL PharmaConsulting | Senior Care Pharmacy Consulting