RT Book, Section A1 Katzung, Bertram G. A2 Katzung, Bertram G. SR Print(0) ID 1148442590 T1 Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology T2 Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 14e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259641152 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148442590 RD 2024/03/28 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’s disease? How might macular degeneration be treated?