TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology A1 - Katzung, Bertram G. A2 - Katzung, Bertram G. A2 - Vanderah, Todd W. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 15e AB - CASE STUDYA 77-year-old man comes to your office at his wife’s insistence. He has had documented moderate hypertension for 18 years but does not like to take his medications. He says he has no real complaints, but his wife remarks that he has become much more forgetful lately and has almost stopped reading the newspaper and watching television. A Mini-Mental State Examination reveals that he is oriented as to name and place but is unable to give the month or year. He cannot remember the names of his three adult children or three random words (eg, tree, flag, chair) for more than 2 minutes. No cataracts are visible, but he is unable to read standard newsprint without a powerful magnifier. Why doesn’t he take his antihypertensive medications? What therapeutic measures are available for the treatment of Alzheimer disease? How might macular degeneration be treated? SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176979117 ER -