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The author reviews general principles and guidelines regarding the drug treatment of geriatric depression. Older depressed patients are more prone to drug adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions than younger patients...
Psychotropic drug use in the aged from 7-92% in institutional settings and up to 30% in medical settings. And older patients received an average of 5-12 medications per day in...
To provide a recent knowledge about pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders in elderly, the author reviewed the articles and books for the treatment of elderly anxiety patients.
Anxiety is the one...
In old people, the sleep pattern, prevalence of sleep disorders, and both pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs in the body are changed. The sleep disorders in elderly are regarded not...
PURPOSE: Hypersexual behavior such as increased libido, change in sexual orientation or disinhibition had been reported in dementia. Mechanism and treatment measures were reviewed.
METHOD: A medline search was undertaken...
OBJECTIVES: To identify changes in blood markers of oxidative stress among dementic and healthy aged persons, and to compare levels of peripheral markers of oxidative stress between dementia of the...
OBJECTIVES: The cerebrovascular diseases including stroke have become prevalent in Korea, ranking first as the cause of death in the aged. The quality of life (QOL) in stroke patients has...
OBJECTIVE: The continuous synthesis and degradation of proteins in the cell are essential for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Intracellular protein degradation largely occurs in the lysosome and cytoplasm. The...