Study: 24 Drug Pairings Flagged As Risky For Older Adults studyfinds.com

In A Nutshell
A massive Ontario study of more than 2.3 million older adults found 24 drug pairings common enough, and strongly linked enough, to flag as risky prescribing patterns.
The steroid-to-antipsychotic sequence showed the strongest link of any of the 24, meaning that order of prescribing showed up far more often than the reverse.
Iron supplements followed by laxatives was the single most common pairing, showing up 11.9% of the time.
Researchers say the list can help doctors, pharmacists, and health systems know where to look first when reviewing an older adult’s medications.