Medication use by middle-aged and older participants of an exercise study: results from the Brain in Motion study

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• 作者：Tania Pannu ; Sarah Sharkey ; Grazyna Burek…
• 关键词：Natural Health Products ; Prescription drugs ; Geriatrics ; Polypharmacy
• 刊名：BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：542KB
• 刊物主题：Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Internal Medicine; Chiropractic Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6882
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundOver the past 50 years, there has been an increase in the utilization of prescribed, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, and natural health products. Although it is known that medication use is common among older persons, accurate data on the patterns of use, including the quantity and type of medications consumed in a generally healthy older population from a Canadian perspective are lacking. In this study, we study the pattern of medication use in a sedentary but otherwise healthy older persons use and determined if there was an association between medication use and aerobic fitness level.