The use of medicines becomes almost inevitable and regular from the age of sixty. As a consequence of this phenomenon, seniors aged 65 currently take an average of 3.6 drugs daily and this figure rises to 4.6 for people aged…
Read moreMany seniors are currently taking too many drugs, and some are even addicted to certain drugs prescribed by their doctors. Many of the drugs taken regularly have been shown to cause problems with balance, vision, memory, muscle weakness and incoherent…
Read moreIn France, more than 90% of people over the age of 80 take an average of ten tablets of medication per day. Prescriptions are therefore very often too long and increase the risk of accidents linked to excessive consumption of…
Read moreThe overuse of drugs by the elderly is a fact of life. Seniors have become drug addicts, with an average of ten different drugs taken by people over 80. This greatly increases the risk of drug-related accidents. Many doctors denounce…
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