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"The Texas Tech Medcast is a podcast for medical residents, medical students, practicing physicians, and others involved in medical education and high quality, patient-centered primary care." "This episode outlines 5 strategies for effective prescribing in the elderly.

Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to: Explain how aging-related decline in organ function impacts pharmacokinetics with specific emphasis on the kidneys, liver, blood volume & muscle; Explain implications for polypharmacy in the elderly; Discuss measures that a physician can take to avoid over-medication in the elderly; Use the Beers Criteria to identify potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly; and Manage clinical situations of pathologies in or drug-related problems in older adults

Podcast Pearl: Considerations for dose regimen in the elderly (Dr. Kitty McMahon)"

There is also a Fact Sheet available at http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/PodcastEpisodeFS_GPolypharm.pdf

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