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