Design, implementation, and evaluation of a pharmacist-led outpatient benzodiazepine-tapering clinic.

Background: Benzodiazepines are commonly used among older adults, despite well-known risks. Clinical pharmacists can lead tapering efforts, leveraging their clinical expertise and relieving time-pressured primary care providers.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of an outpatient pharmacist-led benzodiazepine-tapering clinic.

National gender differences in the prescribing of opioid medications from 2006 to 2015.

Objective: To identify gender differences in opioid prescribing from ambulatory care settings and identify factors associated with prescribing of opioids for men and women.

Design And Participants: Retrospective analysis of data from The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2015. Eligible patients were at least 18 years old on the date of the physician office visit.

Drug interactions with antimalarial medications in older travelers: a clinical guide.

Increasingly older adults are traveling to international destinations with malaria as a present risk. Surveillance systems indicate that older adults are more likely to suffer severe complications from malaria. The role of health care providers in selecting an appropriate medication for chemoprophylaxis or treatment of malaria in adults becomes more difficult as older adults undergo physiologic changes that alter the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic nature of medications potentially causing increased drug interactions, adverse events and altered drug action.

A Review of Clinical Guidelines and Pharmacotherapeutic Management of Hypertension in Older Adults.

: To provide an up-to-date review of current hypertension (HTN) guidelines and discuss pharmacotherapeutic management of HTN in the older adult population.
: A PubMed search of articles published through June 2018 was performed using a combination of the following words: elderly, older adults, geriatric, and HTN.
: Relevant original research, review articles, and guidelines were assessed for the management of HTN in older adults.

Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Elderly: A Review of the Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants.

Objective To provide an up-to-date review of the available evidence regarding pharmacotherapeutic management of venous thromboembolic events in the geriatric population. Data Sources A PubMed search of articles published through August 2017 was performed using a combination of the following words: apixaban, betrixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, enoxaparin, geriatric, heparin, idaricizumab, rivaroxaban, and venous thromboembolism. Study Selection/data Extraction Relevant original research, review articles, and guidelines were assessed for the management of elderly patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE).