Initiation of lipid-lowering therapy as primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in the elderly.

Aims: This study aimed to analyse the initiation adherence phase to lipid-lowering therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in a Spanish population aged 70 years or older. The secondary objective was to identify the determinants of initiation and early discontinuation.

Methods: This was an observational study conducted in the CArdiovascular Risk factors for HEalth Service research (CARhES) cohort.

Potentially inappropriate prescriptions and therapeutic complexity in older HIV patients with comorbidities.

Background: The prolonged current survival of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients exposes them to new problems arising from the comorbidities they face.

Objectives: To describe the situation of comorbidities, polypharmacy, therapeutic complexity and adherence in people living with HIV over 65 years of age and to assess the presence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP) by applying deprescription criteria.

Methods: Observational study including HIV people (> 65 years) from a university tertiary level hospital.