PREFACE
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PAtrL 1). STOLLEY， M.D.
Professor of Medicine
[Jniversity of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
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For older Americans， nothi~:b ，i~\"~:: i!~anme :losestat(eutionlo ~ ，:h(~.~llh probl(，)
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-~ a~i~i， ( an b~mefit from drugs which lower ，.)l<)~)(t
adequate. Although nanv~0，，:，er ，:~
sure， reduce the pain and di~;{:~>.，~o:i oi ang，，iria or arthritis， or treat other ~:~)m~i).~(:~
merits， tile，， are t;xlraordinar{;v >~tlsi~ivt !~> adve.rse effects of me，(li(:int~s， ，~t~，.:
d，u -induci;d f)arkinso:fism.， c:-n ~fu-~d~，):i d(-~cr~;~sed cc，，nrdinalion， falls alut hip fn! ， t
and mental deterioration. l b， . ~< ，.h. }. ，，u~ mecti cino may be no medicine，
， ~;~i< ，~1{1 }，~ made by the， active and in[ ()rnu~d i)m !i
But if a drug is neetl{!d，~t <， ~
tiorl of the patient witi! a s ~，~，._:. ， i，<，，i ，~<] ~.n}，urried physician. [qn t}mrm~)re， t lug:
tirmal monitoring of the patient is ~ ，.~~ . \"-，~ ~，v ~i ~，~ therapeutic effect ，，)cc.urring f ~ I}.~ ~ ，， . ，:{fi:<:t:-~F x ht，rt :d~amltt :he vtrt~g !.~*. st~:)I~
is there the possibility of an t q(，csi~ ~l;le ~tr，.~.g in ~:)~.~<，ion oecaus，~ ~i\" ~:t})，，:~c dr ，~U
patient is taking?
~ b.e well-informed ~:or)si~.u ，~ r ~he~，i ask these， and othe.r qm. stions b(~i~)，，，~， ;~，I
t ILL，~ spells out tile questic)r~s )，(nJ :-;}:(~!
drugs are prescribed. WOHST PILL~ r?FgT > c，
and explains the risks and b~;n~I i is ，:，. t~ ~，. 287 most conmlonly t_~se， d dn~gs for (~!~t~，r\" ~
in an easily undcrstanda l ~~(: > ，，
mat and with larger than usual t~i)e :st.~ thai it can be readily used by older f)e， rs(~， ~，s
Most doctors want their patierds t~) kn，~)w about the drugs they prescribe and xx
asked， explain and put ou t!~t， p:.:~.tient ~< DRIJ(; W()RKSHEET the， teasings why tlwv
presc:rib(>，d the drug and wb.~! .i，~.~ }~I\" ils use will accomplish. This b()()k， an
DRUG W()RKStlEI(T tt m com.~~s with il. will help gtfide discussions })(~twe(，n i)~
anti doctors， promote， s，，h， !，~，:.. .~)，，，>. and also provide in: a!tmbl，. ~;~t~ ~~.
patients to l~arn ，，m th.:)ir ~)x.，:~. ~ ，，~ i::，~，iic ( i {z-，n }t~~lth Fb，.searc} ~ (i;>)up ~ ~\":
medical experts have oncea~a.no ; ~.， ~ . ;，.，ied essential.infommtion.. ，. i，ffornmtion.. . w}~，，
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