Taking Multiple Medications? What Older Adults and Families Need to Know
For many older adults, taking several medications every day is simply part of life. A medication for blood pressure. Another for cholesterol. Something for pain. Perhaps an antidepressant, a blood thinner, a medication for diabetes — and maybe a few over-the-counter medications or dietary supplements as well. Each medication may have a legitimate reason for being there. But when several medications are taken together, something else can happen: they can
