Majority Of Older Adults Would Opt To Take Fewer Medications,

reports new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that in a survey of “data collected from 1,981 adults covered by Medicare,” nine of 10 respondents age 65 and older “are willing to stop taking one or more medications if their doctor recommends this.” Researchers also found that “two-thirds of older adults would like to cut back on the total number of medicines they take.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-elderly-deprescribing/most-older-adults-would-willingly-take-fewer-medicines-idUSKCN1MQ315