ADVERSE DRUG EVENT REPORTING: THE ROLES OF CONSUMERS AND HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS by Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health and Medicine : Public Health and Prevention. Health and Medicine : Public Policy
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Published: 2007-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

Advocacy group participation would help protect particularly vulnerable patient populations, such as young children and the elderly. More than twice as many prescriptions were filled for those 65 and older (23.5 prescriptions per year) than for those younger than 65 (10.1 prescriptions per year) (Stagnitti, 2004). A greater number of medications taken by a patient increases the likelihood of an adverse event occurring. There has been concern that drugs for seniors are often not appropriately prescribed. One study found that as many as 21.3 percent of community-dwelling patients 65 years or older were using at least one inappropriately prescribed drug (Liu and Christensen, 2002). Inappropriate prescribing of drugs in this age group, specifically for women, has led to concern for patient safety and appropriate utilization of health-care resources. In light of the recent concern about an increased risk of cardiovascular events associated with the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor drugs, studies showing an increase in the prescribing of COX-2 drugs for patients who would be appropri ate candidates for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are especially relevant (Goulding, 2004). The issue of over- or underprescribing medications for the elderly requires greater scrutiny in order to prevent potential adverse events and to promote better health and appropriate utilization of health-care resources.

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