The elderly receive more drugs than any other patient group, and those in nursing homes receive the most. However, little is known about drug action, particularly in the very old. A host of factors can alter drug action. Particular attention needs to be paid to the influence of intercurrent disease, other drugs in a particular regimen, the patient's weight and nutritional status, as well as altered pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of any drug. Liver and kidney status, and changes therein, are most important.
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