Know Your Medicine
Seniors Find the Right Medicine
Most seniors are on multiple prescribed medications, and in many cases, these may not be the right medications for their condition. Aside from taking a medication that is prescribed by a doctor, some seniors are trying alternatives, which can include natural remedies and alternative medicine. The following list contains some more information on finding the right medicine.
1. Tibetan medicine breaks things up into categories. It states that there are 404 diseases that are further classified by 101 diseases, those of which are classified by cause.
2. Finding the right medicine can involve many factors, including age, diagnoses, dosages and side effects that may cause other health problems.
3. Patients who have the same disease will respond differently to treatments. This is why it is important to treat each individual, not the disease over all. This means that many seniors with the same conditions may be on different medications and treatment plans based on the individual person and how they respond to a particular medication.
4. There is no one form of healing. Each senior has a different body make-up. This will affect how certain medications will affect the patient. Trying to find the right medication may take time. It will also involve the patient trying different medications until one is found that does the job.
Source: Ultra Wellness Center
Home Instead Senior Care in Rhode Island provides non medical home care services for seniors and the elderly who choose to live at home instead. Please call us for more information on our in-home care services at 401-667-2923.
