Drug Therapy for the Elderly
With people aged 65 years and older currently making up the fastest growing age group throughout the world, the demographic revolution of an aging society will inevitably lead to increased pressure to develop a rationalistic and age-tailored process of di
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Martin Wehling Editor
Drug Therapy for the Elderly
Editor Martin Wehling Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Director Clinical Pharmacology Mannheim Medical Faculty Mannheim University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany
ISBN 978-3-7091-0911-3 ISBN 978-3-7091-0912-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-0912-0 Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012945526 # Springer-Verlag Wien 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Disclaimer: Not all indications mentioned in this book are FDA labeled. Statements and particular dosages have been formulated with care; however, users cannot rely on them and have to check all statements including dosages against standard literature and official labels including those by the FDA. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editor nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
It is much easier to write upon a disease than upon a remedy. The former is in the hands of nature and a faithful
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