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Der Anteil der über 65-Jährigen in der Bevölkerung steigt stetig und somit auch die Anzahl an verordneten rezeptpflichtigen und frei verkäuflichen psychotropen Medikamenten für Patienten dieser Altersgruppe. Die Behandlung psychischer Symptome im Alter stellt im Vergleich zum jüngeren Erwachsenenalter auf verschiedenen Ebenen eine Herausforderung dar. Zum einen verändern sich pharmakokinetische und pharmakodynamische Parameter der Verstoffwechslung von Medikamenten im Alter, zum anderen liegen oft Multimorbidität oder chronische Schmerzsyndrome vor. Demzufolge sollten neben psychischen Grunderkrankungen auch somatische, medikamenteninduzierte oder ernährungsbedingte Syndrome als symptomverursachend oder -verstärkend in Erwägung gezogen werden. Zusätzlich können durch den Alterungsprozess auch im Symptomverlauf von langjährig bestehenden bekannten Erkrankungen und langjährig eingenommenen Medikamenten neue Symptome auft reten. Dem liegen sowohl Veränderungen in der Verstoffwechslung der Medikamente als auch Veränderungen in der Funktionsfähigkeit der Zielorgane zugrunde.

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Lautenschlager, M.M., Lautenschlager, N.T., Förstl, H. (2012). Psychopharmaka im Alter. In: Gründer, G., Benkert, O. (eds) Handbuch der psychiatrischen Pharmakotherapie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19844-1_91

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