Journal of Aging Science

Implications for Clinical Pharmacology and Physiology in Geriatric Patients

Yong Xia^* Department of Geriatrics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
^*Correspondence: Yong Xia, Department of Geriatrics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Email:

Received: 02-Jan-2023, Manuscript No. JASC-23-20304 ; Editor assigned: 05-Jan-2023, Pre QC No. JASC-23-20304 (PQ); Reviewed: 20-Jan-2023, QC No. JASC-23-20304 ; Revised: 26-Jan-2023, Manuscript No. JASC-23-20304 (R); Published: 03-Feb-2023, DOI: 10.35248/2329-8847.23.11.305

Description

Elderly people who are geriatric patients have a variety of comorbid conditions, the majority of which have detrimental functional implications. Homeostasis is compromised in elderly patients, and there is significant inter-individual variation. A comprehensive geriatric assessment can be used to guide therapy, including medication, and understand the complexity of the problems that fragile older individuals face. It's critical to consider the effectiveness of the prescription in frail old patients, assess the risk of adverse drug events, and discuss the harm: benefit ratio with the patient, select the dose schedule, and closely observe the patient's response when prescribing for geriatric patients. To do this, it is necessary to assess the information from clinical trials, apply it to elderly patients who are frail by understanding how pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics have changed, and pay attention to drug management. Since older adults experience the majority of disease and make up the majority of those receiving medication therapy in the Western world, more research and a stronger evidence foundation are required to help doctors who treat geriatric patients.

Some (aggregates of) symptoms are referred to as "geriatric syndromes" in medical textbooks, geriatric and internal medicine books, and other publications. A vast range of disorders, known as geriatric syndromes, manifest in fragile senior individuals as well-recognized and extremely prevalent atypical symptoms (such as immobility, instability, poor cognition, and incontinence). While the term "syndrome" is traditionally used to describe a collection of symptoms caused by a single pathogenetic pathway, "geriatric syndrome" is more commonly used to describe a single symptom or a group of symptoms that are extremely common in elderly people and are brought on by a variety of diseases and risk factors. Therefore, the geriatric workup should include both a search for and treatment of the diseases with similar etiologies as well as an evaluation and reduction of risk factors. It has been shown that this particular geriatric syndrome workup is effective and efficient primarily for combinations of geriatric syndromes that frequently serve as targeted criteria for geriatric therapies, as well as for some specific geriatric syndromes.

The complexity of caring for elderly patients will place an increased burden on the Emergency Department (ED) as a result of population ageing and a demographic shift towards older persons in the healthcare system. Sadly, the priority for how ED physical design and treatment are provided may not be in line with the particular care requirements of older persons. With the elderly patient with many comorbidities, polypharmacy, functional and cognitive deficits, who frequently comes with modest clinical signs and symptoms of acute illness, rapid triage and diagnosis may be impossible. These issues might be resolved with the help of geriatric emergency department interventions, structural and procedural changes to care that address the unique requirements of older patients.

Elderly people are a very important demographic for family doctors. Some medical professionals have previously expressed hostility towards the elderly. Therefore, there is a need to research several elements that can affect a family practise resident's readiness to handle elderly patients.

The Thurstone-Likert discrimination method was used to create a Likert-style questionnaire. General Attitudes, Cost Effectiveness, Time and Energy, Therapeutic Potential, and Educational Preparation were the five categories used for the study. Thereafter, 150 family practise residents' responses were examined. In all categories with the exception of educational preparation, citizens sentiments were significantly positive. The observation that attitudes improved from the first to the third year of residency was noteworthy.