Evaluation of high-alert medications in older residents in a long term care facility

  • Patricia Maldonado Fernández De Gatta
    Farmacia Fernández de Gatta. Béjar, Salamanca farmaciafernandezdegatta[at]gmail.com
  • María del Mar Fernández De Gatta Garcia
    Farmacia Fernández de Gatta. Béjar, Salamanca

Abstract

The identification of high-risk medications in polymedicated chronic patients as the elderly is a useful strategy to increase the safety of pharmacotherapy. To this end, the MARC list is applied in a population of 103 elderly people in a long term care facility linked to a community pharmacy. The identification is made at the dispensation act by electronic prescription, detecting simultaneously possible interactions of the patient‘s treatment. Moreover, the most usual medications with inadequate prescriptions, such as benzodiazepines, statins or PPIs, are specifically reviewed.The study found that more than 90% of the population has more than one MARC prescribed and that the number of MARC prescribed and potential interactions increases when the patient is categorized as severe polymedicated (> 10 drugs). However, these variables do not vary according to the age or sex of the patient. The most prevalent MARC medications were Antiaggregants, benzodiazepines, NSAIDs and diuretics. These last two groups justify a large part of the interactions detected.The strategy used in the study can be useful to introduce professional pharmaceutical services in this type of clinical environment.
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