(StatePoint) Muchas personas viven hoy más tiempo y con mejor calidad gracias a los medicamentos que toman. Pero los medicamentos también pueden ser peligrosos si no se toman correctamente. Según los expertos, esto es particularmente cierto en el caso de los adultos mayores.
Grant Tarbox, director médico ejecutivo sénior de HealthSpring, dijo que los siguientes son algunos problemas que los adultos mayores podrían enfrentar con sus medicamentos, junto con algunas medidas de seguridad importantes.
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