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Dosage form modification and oral drug delivery in older people.

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In this paper, the authors reviewed the challenges associated with administering medicines to older people, and issues with dosage form modification, and proposed novel dosage forms in development are promising and may help overcome some of the issues.
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This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2018-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 46 citations till now.

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Recent advances of oral film as platform for drug delivery.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of newly developed oral drug delivery films is presented, discussing their formulation strategies, manufacturing methods as well as advantages and limitations, and future perspectives are also provided.
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Pill swallowing in Parkinson's disease: A prospective study based on flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing.

TL;DR: Dysphagia of medication occurs preferentially in advanced disease stages, and an assessment of pill swallowing using FEES is suggested at least in patients reporting swallowing problems.
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Challenges and innovations of delivering medicines to older adults

TL;DR: Current challenges and novel approaches to delivering medications to older adults are summarized and discussed.
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Tablet Scoring: Current Practice, Fundamentals, and Knowledge Gaps

TL;DR: Evaluating the advantages and inconveniences associated with tablet scoring/portioning and identifying factors in the formulation and the manufacturing of tablets that influence tablet partitioning.
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Clinical consequences of polypharmacy in elderly

TL;DR: It is shown that well-designed interprofessional intervention studies that focus on enrolling high-risk older patients with polypharmacy have shown that they can be effective in reducing aspects of unnecessary prescribing with mixed results on distal health outcomes.
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Aspiration pneumonia and dysphagia in the elderly.

TL;DR: Elderly patients with clinical signs suggestive of dysphagia and/or who have CAP should be referred for a swallow evaluation and consideration for treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
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Literacy and Misunderstanding Prescription Drug Labels

TL;DR: Lower literacy and a greater number of medications being taken were associated with patient misunderstanding of pill bottle labels, and low literacy would be associated with higher rates of misunderstanding and incorrect demonstration.
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Low Literacy Impairs Comprehension of Prescription Drug Warning Labels

TL;DR: Warning labels should be developed with consumer participation, especially with lower literate populations, to ensure comprehension of short, concise messages created with familiar words and recognizable icons.
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