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Medication Review
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If you are older than 65 and answer "Yes" to most of these questions, then you should consider making an appointment with a senior care pharmacist to determine what steps can be taken to decrease your risks of health-related problems. While these risks factors are not a definitive list, they have been found to correlate with the risk of medication-related problems.
| 1. Do you currently take 5 or more medications?
| YES or NO | 2. Do you take 12 or more medication doses each day?
| YES or NO | 3. Do you take any of the following medications?
- Carbamazepine (e.g.Tegretol®)
- lithium (e.g. Eskalith®)
- phenytoin (e.g. Dilantin®, Phenytek®)
- quinidine (e.g. Quinidex®)
- warfarin (e.g. Coumadin®)
- digoxin (e.g. Lanoxin®, Lanoxicaps®)
- phenobarbital
- procainamide (e.g. Procanabid®, Pronestyl®)
- theopylline (e.g. Theo-dur®, Theo-24®, Slo-bid™, Theospan®, Uniphyl®)
- alpha blockers (e.g. Cardura, Catapres, Hytrin, Flomax, etc.)
- levothyroid (e.g. Synthoid, etc.)
- Darvocet N 100
- Statin Drugs (e.g. Zocor, Pravacor, Lopid, etc.
- Metformin (e.g. Glucophage)
- Glucotrol, Amaryl, Diabeta
- Hydrochlorthiazide
- Nutrofurantoin (e.g. Macrodantin)
- NSAIDS (e.g. Motrin, Aleve, etc.)
- Antihistamines (e.g. Benadryl, Antivert, Tylenol PM, Sleep-Ezz, Dramamine, etc.)
- Cimetidine (e.g. Tagamet)
- Ketoconazole (all oral antifungal drugs)
| YES or NO | 4. Are you currently taking medications for three or more medical problems?
| YES or NO | 5. Have your medications or the instructions on how to take them been changed more than four times this past year?
| YES or NO | 6. Does more than one physician prescribe medications for you on a regular basis?
| YES or NO | 7. Do you get prescriptions filled at more than one pharmacy?
| YES or NO | 8. Does someone else, such as a delivery person from the pharmacy, a spouse, friend, or neighbor) bring any of your medications to your home for you?
| YES or NO | 9. Is it difficult for you to follow your medication regimen? If so, do you sometimes choose not to?
| YES or NO | 10. Of all of your medications, is there any perticular medication for which you do not know the reason for which you are taking it?
| YES or NO | If you answered "Yes" to most of these questions, you may benefit from a consultant pharmacist medication review. |
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Business Hours |
| Mon |
8:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Tue |
8:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed |
8:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu |
8:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri |
8:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat |
9:00AM to 1:00PM |
| Sun |
Closed |
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