Does anyone audit prescriptions? I have observed many elderly persons take conflicting and redundant drugs and have no idea what drugs they take. While Bush further funds more drugs and corporate feudalism in general(money.cnn.comindex.htmOpen ↗) the real fact appears to be that more drugs do not mean better health for many of the elderly. Has anyone studied how many elderly recieve counter-indicated and/or redundant drugs? How about still have prescription for symptoms that are no longer valid?
Hi there, Generally the primary care physician is the auditor of the prescriptions for the elderly. Whenever I write a script for an elderly patient postop, I make sure that I have spoken with their primary care doc and I always send a copy of their discharge summary and operative report to the primary care doc so that know exactly what I have been up to.
In the case of doctor hopping folks, I usually give a call to the pharmacy where they get their scripts filled to find out what they have been getting refilled. Since I don't live in the bathrooms of these folks, I can't get them to toss medications that are no longer needed. Sometimes the families have to do this.
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Does anyone audit prescriptions? I have observed many elderly persons take conflicting and redundant drugs and have no idea what drugs they take. While Bush further funds more drugs and corporate feudalism in
the real fact appears to be that more drugs do not mean better health for many of the elderly. Has anyone studied how many elderly recieve counter-indicated and/or redundant drugs? How about still have prescription for symptoms that are no longer valid?
