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Wednesday 16 July 2014          10:30 – 12:00
Track 4 - Update in geriatric pharmacology Optimal Prescribing in Older Patients: The challenge of Multiple Comorbid Conditions and Polypharmacy

Sponsored by IUPHAR – Clinical Division

Chair: Darrell Abernethy

Multiple Comorbid Conditions and Disease-based Treatment Guidelines:  The Therapeutic Dilemma for Older Persons with Geriatric Syndromes
Sarah Hilmer

Methods to Assess Drug Burden and Polypharmacy
Petra Thürmann

Deprescribing to Limit Polypharmacy:  The Evidence Base
David Le Couteur

Effects of New Drugs in Older Patients:  What is Known at the Time of Drug Approval
Darrell Abernethy

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