Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Precision Pharmacotherapy Research and Development Institute, Orlando, Florida, USA

Publications

• Case Report   
  Pharmacist-Led Medication Review Identifies and Mitigates Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs and Multi-Drug Interactions
  Author(s): Katie Pizzolato, Adriana Matos, Jacques Turgeon and Chandni Bardolia*
  
  Purpose: Falls, a common cause of injuries and hospitalizations, are observed more commonly as age increases. Several factors may potentiate a fall including vision impairment, muscle weakness, and medications. Among those, medication use is a modifiable risk factor that pharmacists can address to lower the risk for falls and falls-related injuries. Fall-risk-increasing drugs are associated with adverse drug events such as sedation, dizziness, impaired coordination, and orthostatic hypotension. The purpose of this case report is to present mitigation strategies a clinical pharmacist provided after a medication review that identified a fall-risk-increasing drug and multi-drug interactions, to which its resultant intervention reduced the risk for falls and improved patient safety. Case: A 63-year-old male who suffered a recen.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2165-7920.2021.11.1451

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