Strategies to reduce and prevent polypharmacy in older patients.

Deprescribing can be accomplished by using tested tools, good judgment, and a team approach.

Cholesterol management in geriatric patients: new guidelines.

Pharmacists play an important role in the management of primary care disease states such as hypercholesterolemia. The 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines provide the pharmacist with pertinent treatment recommendations relevant to day-to-day clinical practice and geriatric care. This article reviews these new evidencebased guidelines for cholesterol management in general and for the elderly specifically.

JNC 8: what's covered, what's not, and what else to consider.

JNC 8 guidelines offer greater discretion in drug choice and modest relaxation of some BP targets. This review summarizes the recommendations and provides guidance on 2 patient populations that aren't addressed.