Geriatrics » Care while prescribing

Prescribing for the elderly

All medicines may cause side effects in elderly patients and caution has to be taken when administering few groups of drugs to the elderly patient. For elderly the dose is usually half of that for a middle-aged person. This is particularly relevant in psychiatric pharmacotherapy. Always start a drug at the lowest possible dose, monitor the effects and side effects carefully (view any new symptoms and signs as possible drug side effects). Raise the dose very slowly. Vice versa old age alone should never be a contraindication for potentially beneficial therapy.

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