Less is more medicine!

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  1. 1. Unpleasant experience that travels along nerves to spinal cord and then to the brain. Common experience for elderly.
  2. 4. Organ considered to be the main excretory site by which a drug is eliminated.
  3. 6. Sudden confusion and result of abnormal functioning of the brain that can have many causes including physical illness and medications.
  4. 9. To officially tell someone to use (a medicine, therapy, diet, etc.) as a remedy or treatment.
  5. 14. Burning sensation in the chest that can extend to the neck, throat, and face. It is the primary symptom of gastroesophageal reflux (commonly called acid reflux).
  6. 16. Medical condition when the amount of sugar in blood becomes too high.
  7. 20. Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels and arteries
  8. 21. Too much of it involves excessive worry and lasts a long time.
  9. 22. Alternatives remedies that are not medications
  10. 23. Organ considered to be the primary site of drug metabolism.
  11. 25. Being able to control and maintain your body’s position comfortably.
  12. 26. Healthcare professional that monitors, reviews, and gives advice on medications.
  13. 28. Talking with a healthcare professional to check if all your medications are still necessary.
  14. 30. Good diet will help improve the way your medications work, help reduce side effects and help you maintain the energy you need to carry out your daily activities. The opposite (malnutrition) can be very detrimental to your health.
  15. 31. Acronym for Canadian Deprescribing Network, a group of individuals who are committed to improving the health of Canadians by reducing the use of harmful medicines and enhancing access to non-drug alternatives. Website: deprescribing.orgOnline resources for clinicians and patients to help with deprescribing.
  16. 32. The most common peril’s facing older adults: accidentally and unexpectedly land on the ground.
  17. 33. High blood pressure is called silent killer that can lead to heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and eye disease.
  18. 34. Subjective evidence of a disease or physical disturbances observed by the patient.
Down
  1. 2. Medical condition that results when there are low numbers of red blood cells. Many causes including: poor diet, chronic disease or drug interactions.
  2. 3. The presence of glucose in the blood.
  3. 5. It is the process by which the body breaks down medication so it can be removed from the body.
  4. 6. Backing off medications when doses are too high, or stropping medications that may be causing harm or are no longer needed.
  5. 7. Medical condition that can cause long-term sadness, anger, frustration, interfere with sleep. It can sap energy and social life.
  6. 8. Communication between prescribers, pharmacists, other care professionals and patients regarding benefits and harms of medications.
  7. 10. Medical condition when you have trouble controlling your bladder and leak urine.
  8. 11. Examples in that class of medications: lorazepam, diazepam, oxazepam, temazepam and bromazepam.
  9. 12. Any activity that involves moving the body: housework, gardening, climbing stairs. Use it or lose it!
  10. 13. Acronym for Proton Pump Inhibitor, a medication used to treat acid reflux
  11. 15. Healthcare professional that diagnoses medical conditions. He or she prescribes, monitors and reviews medications.
  12. 17. Difficulty getting enough sleep or poor quality sleep.
  13. 18. Abnormal memory loss that can have many causes including physical illness and medications.
  14. 19. Serious medication side effects.
  15. 24. Slowly stop taking a medication with the help of a healthcare professional.
  16. 27. Use of multiple medications.
  17. 29. Possibility of loss, injury, disease, or death.