Addition to prescription drugs among elderly Annotated Bibliography

Addition to prescription drugs among elderly - Annotated Bibliography ExampleAdministration on Aging. Retrieved from http//www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/HPW/Behavioral/docs2/Issue%20Brief%205%20Prescription%20Med%20Misuse%20Abuse.pdfThe Administration on Aging (AOA) (2012) described the problem of prescription medication misuse and abuse among older adults, which is already a domain health problem. Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs refer to non-medical use of prescription drugs. The brief argued that the elderly is prone to misuse and abuse of drugs that can have oppose interaction effects. If some of the elderly are already abusing and misusing prescription drugs, the risks of abusing other drugs may be present and result to greater health problems.Costello, R.B., Leser, M., & Coates, P.M. (2009). Dietary supplements on-line(prenominal) knowledge and future frontiers. In C.W. Bales, & Ritchie C.S. (Eds.), Handbook of clinical nutrition and aging (2nd ed.) (pp.553-634). Ne w York Humana Press.Costello, Leser, and Coates (2009) noted that, though some kinds of herbal medicine have been arrange to be effective, its lack of regulation makes it hard to study how it works and what its toxicity levels are. They asserted that very few of current herbal medicines are tested for susceptibility and toxicity levels. They explained that interaction risks between herbal supplements and prescription drugs of the elderly are high because the elderly tend to take in more medicine than junior adults. These researchers also talked about the dietary needs of the elderly that must be balanced with prescription drug effects.Djuv, A., Nilsen, O.G., & Steinsbekk, A. (2013). The co-use of conventional drugs and herbs among patients in Norwegian general practice session A cross-sectional study. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 13, 295. Retrieved from http//www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/13/295Djuv, Nilsen, and Steinsbekk (2013) conducted a cross-sectional stud y to understand the co-use of