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Pharmacokinetics of Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in a Geriatric Patient

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Medical treatment for the elderly can be challenging from a few aspects. First, the diagnosis might be challenging as symptoms and the course of the disease may differ, and as such decisions or choice of the treatment may differ. The medication chosen might have unexpected effects on the elderly patient, in terms of efficacy and safety, as the elderly are seldom included in clinical trials, and as result, there is often sparse evidence on the right dose, safety etc. In this chapter we will focus on the more common drugs used for rheumatic diseases, discuss specific pharmacokinteic and pharmacodynamic changes in the elderly that might influence these drugs safety and efficacy, and suggest preferable choices of drug therapy in this population. 

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Goldstein, L.H. (2020). Pharmacokinetics of Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in a Geriatric Patient. In: Slobodin, G., Shoenfeld, Y. (eds) Rheumatic Disease in Geriatrics . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44234-7_5

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