Polypharmacy in Elderly Patients With Diabetes
- Chester B. Good, MD, MPH
Abstract
In Brief
Elderly diabetic patients often require multiple medications to adequately and appropriately treat their diabetes and associated comorbidities. Careful attention to avoiding drug interactions, limiting unnecessary medications, and choosing drugs most appropriate for elderly patients will lead to optimal outcomes.
Footnotes
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Chester B. Good, MD, MPH, is a staff physician at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and an associate professor of medicine and pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is chair of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Advisory Panel for Pharmacy Benefits Management.
- American Diabetes Association
