NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS IN ELDERLY AND SENILE PATIENTS: NECESSITY AND CONSEQUENCES
Analysis of out-patient NSAID treatment of 328 elderly patients (average age 71.2 years) in municipal institutions Khabarovsk was made. The analysis showed that unnecessary prescribing of NSAIDs to these patients without taking into account age and associated diseases while the dosage selection. There was unreasonably prolonged application of NSAIDs without basic therapy of musculoskeletal diseases. Many patients with arterial hypertension needed to adjust antihypertensive therapy.