Expert Column
Dr. Joseph Woelfel, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
Joseph A. Woelfel, PhD, RPh., FASCP, is the Director of Pharmaceutical Care Clinics and...read more
Articles In This Column
- Seniors, Are You Prepared for Swine Flu?
- What Adult Children Should Know About Senior Depression & Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Separating Fact from Fallacy: Is It Alzheimer's or Aging?
- Are Your Medications Putting You at Risk?
- The All-In-1 Pocket Guide to Healthy Choices
- Tablet Splitting: Saving Money or Causing Problems?
- Nintendo Wii: A Video Game That’s Good for You
- Medication & Risk Factors That Lead to Falls
- Side Effects of Common Medications & How They Affect the Aging Body
- How Aging and Medications Affect Our Bodies
Geriatric Pharmacology
Comments For "Side Effects of Common Medications & How They Affect the Aging Body"
what an informative post. I'm heading in to check my mom's medicine cabinet. thanks for this great wealth of information. I'm going to email this to some of my friends that have had questions about some meds their parents are taking.
I often go with my mother to her medical appointments and as she was raised in an era when anyone in a white lab coat must be listened to and not bothered with questions it wasn’t until a few years ago that I realized she often doesn’t ask *any* questions. She started taking warfarin and was told that she would be closely monitored while on it. Well, she never asked why. I called and found out about the diet, but I really feel like most of us who have to not only watch our parents age, but watch *over* them in old age. I didn’t know about the Beers Criteria so I plan on looking up everything she is taking and asking her doctors more questions!