Older patients confused about multiple drug dosing
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Many older patients, who take an average of seven medicines a day, are so confused by the vague instructions on prescription bottles that they don't realise they can combine their medications to take them more efficiently. A new Northwestern Medicine study shows patients thought they had to take seven medicines at least seven and up to 14 separate times a day...