Medicines are made to relieve, prevent and cure. But used inappropriately, Dr. Gérald Kierzek points out that they can have deleterious effects on the health of individuals, Health Insurance expenses and the environment.
Consuming too much medication is what we call iatrogenics : responsible for more than 200,000 hospitalizations and around ten thousand premature deaths per year in France. Dr. Gerald Kierzek remember that this does more harm than good!
Indeed, with age, several functions of the body undergo changes resulting in an impact on the fate of drugs in our body:
- Drug absorption: the digestive organs work more slowly and intestinal transit is slowed;
- Disposal of medications: we become more sensitive to the effects of medications.
Concretely, should you consult your doctor?
Your treatments should be reassessed regularly by your doctor. But everyone can also consume responsibly. The campaign run by Pharmaceutical Companies recalls ten tips.
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